Mahdi, progress of, 21;
arrival at Kartoum likely to prevent a massacre, 31;
a hypocrite and drinker of alcohol, 32;
puts pepper under finger-nails to make himself weep, 32;
the same recipe recommended to Cabinet Ministers, 33;
quarters on the Nile, 40;
and taking of Kartoum, 44;
meditates invasion of Egypt and Palestine, 44;
more powerful at a distance, 45;
programme of, 45;
Gordon envies, 45;
not the forces of, to be feared, 46;
strength of, at defeat of Hicks, 46;
as a slave hunter, 55;
at Rahad, 63;
proposes peace to tribes, 68;
at Schatt, 62;
will say he kicked you out, 86;
pity to give up Kartoum to, 87;
not at Schatt, 109;
dream of, 111;
at Schatt, 129;
Roman Catholic Mission with, 129;
Slatin with, 129;
would be strengthened by skeddadle, 138;
intends to come to Omdurman, 142;
all Europeans with, 143;
Frenchman imprisoned by, 144;
at Jura Hadra, 155;
expected at Omdurman, 158;
and Cuzzi, 164;
camp of, opposite Gitana, 170;
number with him, 170;
good thing to be near, 172;
not likely to attack Omdurman, 173;
people glad at approach of, 174;
one day’s march from Omdurman, 177;
number of regulars and guns with, 177;
intends bombarding Kartoum, 178;
promises Gordon letters, 186;
date of attack of, 186;
no news of arrival of, at Omdurman, 190;
no sign of, at Omdurman, 193;
reported at Isle of Abba, 195;
uncertainty as to movements of, 197;
and Kordofan respecting the arrests, 198;
lies as to being close, 199;
at Jura Hadra, 202;
said to be opposite Kalakla, 208, 209;
speculated on a rising, 213;
arrival of, at Omdurman, 213;
and Europeans four hours distant, 215;
has put Saleh Pasha in chains, 215;
treaty with, 216;
suspected spies of, 216;
forces men to change their religion, 216;
and King John fanatics and robbers, 216;
treaty with about the garrison, 220;
number of Arabs with, when he started, 222;
moved ferry higher up, 233;
prestige gained from defeat of Hicks, 234;
and Zubair, 238;
belief that, is dead, 240;
number of men with, 240;
service of, gratuitous, 245;
regulars of, robbing Arabs, 246;
undecided, 247;
position at El foun might have been dangerous, 253;
at Kokoo not Arabs, 255;
reported as unwilling to fight during a sacred month, 255;
will not fight until after Moharrem, 258;
going into a cave for two months, 263;
all Europeans with, not in cave though, 263;
Slatin good friends with, 263;
and Sheikh el Islam, 264;
three companies of regulars sent by, to bring back deserters, 264;
gave family of Hussein Pasha Khalifa monopoly of Korosko desert, 265;
will not fight during Moharrem, 268;
not in cave, 270;
letter from, 270;
cipher books in hands of, 273;
what he would find in Abbas, 275;
best horseman of desert, 282;
and Slatin Bey on best terms with, 283;
and Gordon’s seals, 285;
camp of, moved, 293;
closer to Omdurman, 294;
camp of, alongside Faki Mustapha, 295;
means to attack Omdurman, 295;
bringing up ammunition, 296;
prospect of getting to Mecca, 296;
worse than Zubair as to slave trade, 300;
number of men with, 303; does not mean to fight direct, 306;
and Firman of Towfik, 309;
first encounter with personal troops of, 317;
camp moved inland, 334;
may retire altogether, 334;
men sent by, towards Metemma, 346;
and Gordon’s fireworks, 356;
revelation of, 363;
caravan from Dongola to, 371;
Arabs of, going north, 375;
reported short of ammunition, 384;
set detachment of, opposite palace, 384;
offended with Gordon, 388;
reasons for the advancement of, 389;
return of, to Kordofan cut off, 391;
the present Imam, 399;
the Lord of All, 402;
lieutenants and slaves of, 404;
biography of, 457;
expedition sent to bring, to Kartoum, 459;
entrance of into Kordofan, 467;
defeat of, near Bara, 469;
proclamation issued by, 483;
position of, 494;
rumoured defeat of, 506;
Saleh Bey and the, 518;
despatches deciphered by, 520;
letter from, to Gordon, 522;
details contents of captured letters, telegrams, &c., 523;
and Cuzzi, 524;
manifesto of, to inhabitants of Kartoum, 539;
sign frommMahomed as being the, 540;
genealogy of, 545.
Mahmoud Khalifa and camels for English, 262;
a traitor, 262;
at Dongola or Debbeh, 262;
extraordinary to employ, 263.
Mahomed, the chosen one, 410.
Mahomed Khowajli, 420.
Mahomed Pasha Hassan, approves of the arrests, 195.
Mahomet Achmet accepted generally by Soudan families as Mahdi, 15;
and taking of Omdurman Fort, 349;
letter from Ulema to, 429;
Mahomet Ali, 35;
promise to capture by a sheikh, 105;
on Blue Nile, 214;
expected with grain, 229;
at Giraffe, 363.
Mahomet Ali Pasha, 56;
prisoners killed in defeat of, 167;
“fighting Pasha”, 253;
reason of his defeat, 254.
Mahomet Bey Agad, 154.
Mahomet Edrees, 188.
Mahomet el Khair a cur, 208;
Mahomet Yusuf, Arabic name of Cuzzi, 24, 402.
Malet, Sir Edward, held responsible for Soudan disasters, 21;
the Co. are Colvin and, 42;
the “Siren”, 61;
Vivian, and Colvin and desert ride, 362.
Malta and Gibraltar weak, 240.
Mamelukes, 325.
Man, pre-eminence of, over all creatures, 50;
future happiness of, in being finite intelligences, 51;
misery of, 51;
current value of, in the world, 91;
essence of treachery, 102.
Manifesto of Mahdi, 539.
Mankind, Gordon’s love of the study of, 100.
Mansowrah, action with Arabs, 94, 95;
to stay at Shendy, 206.
Manzal Hamid, Sheikh, 535.
Marabiyeh, moral effect of victory of, 492.
Mark cited, 179.
Marrying and giving in marriage, 243.
Martyrs, men of the present compared with the, 6.
Mason, Col., 54.
Massodaglia, men like, wanted, 209.
Massowah, Turks should land at, 136;
useless, except as port of Soudan, 242;
telegram from, 291.
Matthew cited, 179.
Mecca, Mahdi’s prospects of reaching, 296.
Medgliss, 142;
finds every one sent before it guilty, 155.
Melon, the great, 266.
Merchants, Gordon pretends to send, to Waled a Goun, 269;
robbers of biscuits, 314.
Merissa, 439.
Merowé, tales of troops at, 38;
as regards route of expeditionary force, 248, 249;
to Berber, best course, 257;
Stewart felt secure at, 285;
and arrival of English troops, 438.
Meshra-el-Dai, defeat of rebels at, 484.
Messenger, Arabs fire on, 403.
Messengers, only Gordon’s, to bring news, 91;
telegrams compared with, 92.
Metemma, attack on market of, 46;
steamers await orders at, 130;
post left for, 183;
steamers bombarding, 208;
Gordon would make, base for operations of Nile valley, 257;
caravan from direction of, 346;
Gordon’s mails captured in, 424;
Stewart passed, 443.
Military Journal and Slatin Bey, 519.
Mind relieved to write one’s bile, 340.
Mine exploded by donkey, 7, 13;
exploded, 247.
Ministers, Her Majesty’s, send no information, 92;
Gordon’s position with, 110.
“Minor Tactics”, 64.
Mirrors and Arabs, 222.
Mission, object of Gordon’s, 55;
of Gordon, 118.
Mitzakis, Greek Consul, letter from, 213, 214;
and letter to Greek Consul, 291;
arrival of, in Abyssinia, 516.
Mogrim, Krupp gun at, 316;
Gordon visits, 326;
Arabs fire on, 329;
Fort, the major killed at, 344;
shell practice from, 355.
Mohamed Bey Ibrahim and Gladstone collar, 202.
Mohammed Kerkasâwi, 531.
Mohammed Bey Zain, money taken by, 515.
Moharrem, Mahdi will not fight until after, 258;
and Saphia, Mahdi will not fight during, 268.
Mohi ed Deen Ibn el Arabi Sheikh, 542.
Moncrieff, Commander, death of, 501.
Momtoz Pasha and the building of the Palace, 377.
Money in specie and paper in Kartoum, 19th Oct., 206;
in Kartoum, 316.
Monopoly of Korosko desert given to Hussein Pasha Khalifa’s family, 165.
Monsuhania reported disabled, 157.
Moon, total eclipse of, 194.
Moosa Mahomed, Mufti of Mejlis of Kartoum, 420.
Moslems, usual formula of salutation, 413;
as to dealing with brother, 415;
safety of, in Kartoum, 430;
and messengers, 433;
and capture of Government stores, 434.
Mouse at table, 188.
Mousra Bey, 166;
in charge of Bordeen and Ismailia, 179;
made Mudir, 188.
Moussa Bey, 117.
Mudir, the old, released, 272.
Mudir of Dongola, 439.
Mudirat, no sentries at, 222.
Mushra el Koweh’, Mahdi says he is at, 529.
Muslims, toleration of, for Christian religion, 19;
self-sacrifice of, 19.
N.
Najoomi, the son of, 403, 429.
National honour, 93.
Navy, advent of, looked for, 97.
Negro soldiers, cleanliness of, 17.
Nerves, constant explosions strain, 96.
Nesgel to Om Halfa, time to get from, 261.
Newspapers like gold, 289;
Gordon on contents of, 290.
Nile, right bank of, reported quiet, 15;
steamers, frailty of, 44;
the only way of access to Soudan, 52;
plan for utilising the, 52;
no difficulty in making flying bridges across, 87;
people removing from right bank, 229;
hot months and low Nile, 236;
valley, Metemma as a base for all operations in the, 257;
route the best, 262;
is cheaper, 262.
Nordenfeldts and the Arabs, 342.
Northbrook, Lord, 77;
the farce of, asking Towfik for assistance, 306.
North Fort, no sentry on, 265;
hate the telescope, 265;
sentries off roof again, 271;
no sentries at, 272;
reports from, 314.
North side like a market, 194.
Notes, expiration of six months for which, were issued, 224.
Notice published by Gordon, 552.
November, must be relieved or fall before the end of, 245.
Nubar Pasha, telegram from, to Gordon, 102.
Nuchranza, 178.
Nuehr Bey Angara, 146.
Nuns in Kartoum, 28;
said to have married Greeks, 28;
walked from Kordofan, 221.
Nutzer Bey, made Pasha, 109, 253;
should not be sent further than Dongola, 262;
Gordon’s order disobeyed by, 351, 354, 359.
Nzasi at Kartoum, 486.
O.
Obeyed, two priests in, 312;
Mahdi brought ammunition from, 329.
Om Ali, Stewart at, 443.
Omar Bey, 444.
Om Ghirka, Stewart anchored opposite, 442.
Om Halfa to Gakdal, time to get from, 261.
Omdurman, forces at, 69;
Mahdi expected at, 158;
strength of men at, 173;
two hundred men sent to, 180;
levelled, 201;
meditated attack on by Arabs, 244;
and the taking of by Arabs, 294;
distance of Mahdi from, 295;
Mahdi intends to attack, 295;
fort, Arabs north of, 312;
fire and fusillade at, 315;
telegraph interrupted between, and Khartoum, 317;
over eager to fire on enemy, 317;
month and a half supply for, 322, 324;
communication by bugle, 328;
casualties at, 332;
fort, anxiety of Gordon for, 351, 355;
Arabs retiring near, 356, 362, 365, 367, 370, 371, 375, 381, 383;
attempt to relieve, 384;
number of wounded at, 384;
idea of landing at, given up, 384;
fort of, Arab shelling of, 340, 342;
communication with, with flags, 345.
Oshman Ibn Aboo Bekr Digna, 435.
Osman Digna reported as writing to Berber, 14.
Ottoman Dominion, integrity of, guaranteed by the Powers, 221.
P.
Palace, prepared to clear out of the, 210;
Gordon’s arrangement for blowing up, 287;
bullets fall on, 330;
illustration of roof of, 377;
built by Momtoz Pasha, 377;
band on roof of, 383;
Arab fire on, 384;
pet detachment of Mahdi opposite the, 384;
fired on, 385;
building next to, struck, 386;
Paper money, troops prefer, 343.
Parentage of Mahdi, 545.
Pashas, treachery of, cause of a defeat, 62;
death of Stewart, nemesis of the death of two, 282.
Patriotism, 340.
Paul, St., cited, 194.
Pauncefote, Sir Julian, letter from, to Roth, 548.
Pay of soldiers, 248.
Peace route and small forces, small stations along Nile best for, 262.
Peasant, Arab, a determined warrior, 90.
Penny steamers, 387.
People, fidelity of, gauged by Gordon, 171;
reasoning of, if Gordon left, 307.
Peter or Paul, SS., Stewart, Power, and Herbin compared to, 285.
Plot, 187.
‘Plutarch’s Lives’ as a handbook for officers, 64, 163, 240.
Policy being acted, detrimental to army, 304.
Porte must give permission in ceding Egyptian territory, 221.
Post-office officials and increase of pay, 281.
Potentates, Eastern, their strength lies in their seclusion, 33.
Potion, Gordon in favour of numbing, 179.
Powder hose instead of “matches” for mines, 5, 67.
Power left Kartoum for Dongola, 3;
and Herbin, Slatin says nothing of, 217;
on board the Abbas, 273;
left of their own free will, 274;
had daily Journal, 284;
as a martyr, 285; over-rashness of, 286;
no despatch written by Gordon concerning, 310;
a chivalrous, brave, honest gentleman, 310;
his telegrams in Times, 39.
Powers appealed to for auxiliary force, 338.
Prayers and the Arabs, 223.
Press, the province of the, 62.
Priests, two at Obeyed, 312.
Prisoners sent to the Arabs, September 10, 7.
Proclamation from Gordon to people of Kartoum, 425.
Prout, Colonel, 35.
Provisions, amount of, 328.
Psalmist and Gordon as to liars, 101.