The journals of Major-Gen. C.G. Gordon, C.B., at Kartoum : Printed from the original mss.

Front matter

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THE JOURNALS

OF

Preface

The work of editing these Journals is at an end ; it only remains now for me to thank one of my oldest and most valued friends, whose assistance in every way I wish most thoroughly to acknowledge : this is Mr. Godfrey Thrupp. When it became obvious that the public demand for the work made its completion in so short a time impossible — as the conscientious achievement of one man — he generously came forward. His knowledge of the East and his deep interest in the subject made him an invaluable colleague.

A. Egmont Hake.

June II, 1885.

Table Of Contents

PAGE

Editor’s Preface ........ v

Introduction by the Editor ...... ix

Appendix

A. Letter from Abdel Kader Ibrahim to General Gordon,

and General Gordon’s reply . . . *399

A^. Letters from Abderrahman en Najoomi and Abdullah

en Noor to General Gordon, and his reply . . 404

B. Letter ?rom George Calamatino to General Gordon,

and his reply ....... 409

D. Letter from the Ulema of Kartoum to the Mahdi . 410

E. Letter from Faki Mustapha to Cassim el Moos . 420

E’^. Upon the Slave Convention . , . . .425

F. Memorandum upon the defeat of Hicks’s army . 426

G. Letter from General Gordon to Ibrahim Abdel Kader. 428

K. Letter from Abdel Kader to General Gordon , . 430

Contents

viii

APPENDIX PAGE

L. Letters from Abderrahhmanen Najoomi and Abdullah