defeat, date of, [172];
defeat of, gave prestige to Mahdi, [234];
and Kartoum, [235];
anniversary of defeat of, [240];
army of, died of thirst, [241];
probable date of defeat, [250-252];
when defeat of, was known at Cairo, [311];
defeat of, not material, [344];
army of, perished from thirst, [344];
Arabs made a pyramid of skulls from army of, [244];