Abakr, S., Begu, 149, 157, 190, 225, 251, 261.
Abba, Island of, Mahdi's home, 123, 126, 136.
Abd el Kader, Mahdi's uncle, 286;
P., G. Gen. Sudan, 147;
his advice, 232.
Abderrahman, K. Darfur, 43;
and Napoleon, 44;
Abderrahman ben Naga's warning, 286.
Abdul Kerim, Mahdi's cousin, 286;
to Sennar, 380, 383.
Abdullahi bin Sayd Mohammed, Khalifa el Mahdi, W. Arab, early history, 127, 514;
proclaimed Khalifa, 281;
appearance, 285;
commands "blue flag," 303;
succeeds Mahdi, 370;
coinage, 407;
"signs and commands," 409;
tyranny, 429;
seizes Nile boats, 431;
Mahdi's Dome, 432;
Dr. Wahrmund's letter, 447;
brethren arrive, 449;
writes to Queen, etc., 450;
illness, 496;
fortifies Atbara, 507;
fiendish character, 516;
harem, 520;
postal service, 527;
how he rides abroad, 528;
reviews, 530;
present army, etc., 535;
frontiers, 537;
treasuries, 538;
timidity, 562;
house at Omdurman, 567;
his "blackholes," 571.
Abdullahi Dudbenga, Harun's cousin, S., 85, 211, 377.
Abdullahi om Dramo, Sh. Messeria, 192;
joins Madibbo, 251.
Abo Bey, C. Toweisha, disloyal, 204;
moves on Dara, 249.
Abu Anga, E. of Blacks, 174;
befriends Slatin, 329;
reduces Kordofan, 355, 397;
marches to Omdurman, 422;
beats Abyssinians, 426;
dies much lamented, 426.
Abu es Saud, attacks Abba, 136.
Abu "Falja" (Mahdi), 289.
Abu Gemmaisa, his rebellion, 442.
Abu Girga, D. E. Gezira, 283;
besieges Khartum, 302;
repulsed, 300;
to Kassala, 405;
joins Osman Digna, 433;
at Kassala, 472;
sent to Reggaf, 496.
Abyssinians take Gallabat, 404;
beaten by Abu Anga, 426;
King John's death, 439.
Adam Amer, C. El Fasher, 203.
Adlan, Ibrahim, in charge of Beit el Mal, 382, 407;
his new offices, 408;
hung, 463.
Afifi Wad Ahmed, Sh. Habbania, 158;
killed, 207.
Agordat, battle of, 502.
Ahmed ed Dalia, executioner, 240, 430, 447.
Ahmed el Makur, K. Darfur, 41.
Ahmed Fedil, Khalifa's cousin, commands Blacks, 480;
to Gedarif, 503.
Ahmed Katong, lame Arab, 68.
Ahmed Wad Ali, at Kassala, 433;
E., 472;
comes to Omdurman, 495;
back to Gallabat, 496, 500;
routed by Italians, and killed, 502.
Ahmed Wad Ali, "Kadi el Islam," 231;
with Khalifa, 286, 505;
starved, 575.
Ahmed Wad Suleiman, E. Beit el Mal, 177, 231;
with Khalifa, 286;
discharged, 381, 480;
condemned, 485.
Ala ed Din, P., G. Gen. Sudan, 3.
Ali Bey Sherif, G. Kordofan, 7;
G. Darfur, 88;
at El Fasher, 96;
Slatin succeeds, 103, 108;
submissive, 383, 406.
Ansar, "helpers," 141, 309.
Arab clothes, 114;
courage, 146, 154, 159, 208, 223, 414, 447;
customs, 114;
food, 34, 114;
greed of gain, 20;
oath of fealty, 120;
tactics, 52, 196, 198;
treachery, 240.
Arabs, Baggara, 29, 46;
Batahin, 446;
Bedeyat, 107, 117;
Beni Helba, 45;
country, 71, 205, 218;
revolt, 218;
chastised, 222;
Ereikat, 45;
GehÉna, 146;
destroyed, 423;
Gimeh, transported, 386;
Gowama, 230, 427;
Habbania, join Suleiman, 17;
against him, 26;
rise, 148;
Hawazma, 19, 146;
Homr, 19;
Kababish, plundered, 402;
Khawabir, restless, 58, 205;
Maalia, rise, 148, 154, 155, 182;
Maheria, 46;
rise, 244;
Massalit, 110;
Mima, restless, 58, 84, 205, 209, 248;
Misseria, 19, 182, 218;
Rizighat, 19;
from Ruzeik, 45;
independence of, 45;
rise, 148;
decimated and divided, 46;
join Suleiman, 17;
against him, 26;
rise, 148, 427;
Shaigi, loyal, 146;
to Khartum, 302;
Tago, 182, 218;
Taaisha, 29, 438;
masters, 563;
Zaghawa, 113, 182;
Zayedia, 244.
Arabs, animosity between E. and W. tribes, 129, 381, 476.
Arifi Wad Ahmed, Sh. Habbania, 22.
Artin, Armenian watchmaker, 578.
Ashraf, 478;
starved and beaten to death, 485;
property confiscated, 486, 494.
Atbara River, 625.
Babakr Abu Sebiba, 581.
Bahr el Ghazal, subject to Darfur, 47;
Black population, 13, 194;
recruiting ground, 509;
penetrated by Congo State, 510;
its importance to Egypt, 626.
Bairam, 317, 422, 529;
trooping colours at, 529.
Bara, captured by Mahdi, 174.
Barnu, Ismail Wad, 22, 149, 251, 261.
Batahin, execution of, 446.
Bazingers, 7.
Bee-keeping in Sudan, 77.
Begu, tribe of Bahr el Ghazal, 44;
S., 190.
Beit el Mal, 231, 241, 431, 538.
Berber, fall of, 290.
Beresford, Lord Charles, 352.
Beshari Bey, 218, 223.
Black babies, 78.
Calamatino, George, Gordon's messenger, 304, 321, 333.
Camel besieged by Waganda, 87;
runaway, 98.
Caravan road re-opened, 107.
Coinage, 541.
Comboni, R. C. Bishop, 101.
Congo State, flags, 508;
treaties, 510.
Corruption, 104.
Crane, Russian in Dongola, 498.
Dafalla, Ahmed Bey, 97;
at El Obeid, 145;
surrenders, 176;
interviews Mahdi, 179;
killed, 230.
Dafalla, Arabi, in Dongola, 476;
to Reggaf, 500;
defeats Fadl el Maula, 507.
Dali, S., 41.
Dali, Kitab, or penal code, 41.
Danagla, descendants of slave Dangal, 13.
Dara, capital of S. Darfur, 62;
the Doctor of, 69.
Darfur, kingdom of, once reached Atbara, 37;
Egyptians conquer, 56;
S. in revolt, 218.
Darho, Omar Wad, C. Shaigia, 58;
arbitrator, 96;
accused by Zogal, 102, 108;
disloyal, 149;
chastises Arabs, 151, 205;
back to El Fasher, 207;
joins Zogal, 268;
attacks Jebel Marra, 377;
revolts against Khalifa, 378;
shot by Zogal, 379.
Deain, Madibbo's village, 93, 183.
Delen, R. C. Mission Station, 173.
Dinkas, 470.
Divorce, oath of, 222.
Dongola, 303.
Donkey postman, 251.
Duem, on White Nile, 234.
Ebtar Idris Bey, D. Zubeir's agent, 13;
accuses Suleiman at Khartum, 9.
JanghÉ, Baggara tribe transferred to Bahr el Ghazal, 95;
revolt and join Maddibbo, 194.
Japo, Mohammed Agha, 145;
hoodwinks Mahdi, 174.
Jebel Gedir, renamed "Masa," 144.
Jebel Marra, centre of Darfur, 38.
Jehad (holy war) proclaimed, 116, 138, 141;
round Suakin, 233.
Jehadia, J.,

524.
Jibba, the Mahdist dress, 231, 283, 285;
the Mahdi's own, 289.
Kabbashi, Mustem Wad, Sh., 60;
at Om Waragat, 190;
wounded, 249.
Kalaka, headquarters of Habbania, 22.
Kapsun, Fertit boy sent to England, 88.
Karamalla, D., Mahdi's relative, G. Bahr el Ghazal, 275;
at Shakka, 412;
prefers Dara, 413;
retires, 414.
Kassala, besieged, 280;
closely besieged, 380;
surrenders, 385;
captured by Italians, 504.
Kebkebia, capital W. Darfur, 109.
Kerraba, the, 604.
Khadiga, Donkusa's sister, 113.
Khadiga, Khalifa's daughter, married to Mahdi's son, 520.

Khaled Wad Iman, sent to Kordofan, 57, 203;
Zogal's agent, 245;
writes to Madibbo, 245.
Khartum, Gordon at, 285;
invested by Gezira tribes (J.), 295;
famine, 337;
fall of, 342;
pillaged, 345.
Kitab-Dali, or penal code, 41.
Kitchener, Sir Herbert, 303 (note), 473.
Klootz, Gustav, brought in, 238, 242;
in chains, 314;
died, 405.
KobbÉ, old capital of Darfur, 44, 108.
Kordofan, taken and retaken, 37;
in possession of Mahdi, 208.
Koreina Nur, killed, 195.
Kuku Agha, killed, 250.
Kurd, Abu Sheikh, 44.
Leontides, Gr. Consul, killed at Khartum, 347.
Locusts, 457.
Lupton Bey, G. Gen. Bahr el Ghazal, 193;
capitulates, 275;
arrives at Mahdi's camp, 326;
in irons, 332;
his wife and daughter, 354;
hair white, 358;
set free, 361;
engineer, 401;
dies, 437.
Madibbo, Sh. Rizighat, 22, 95;
discharged by Emiliani, 149;
joins Mahdi, 156;
attacks Deain, 158;
stampeded, 163;
wins Om Waragat, 186;
beaten off, 197;
challenged, 200;
surprised, 247;
attacks Dara, 250;
explains, 263;
Abu Anga's revenge on, 413.
"Mahdi el Muntazer," 134.
See Mohammed Ahmed.
Mahmud, Khalifa's relative, E. Darfur, returns to Dongola, 499;
resides now at El Fasher, 628.
Mahmud, Ali Said, Mahdi's relative, killed at Korti, 303.
Marching order, 183.
Marcopoli Bey, 95.
Marissa, Sudan beer, 34.
Marriage, in Sudan, 561;
Gabralla's office for, 217;
of Fadl Maula, 315;
jars, 357;
made easy, 373;
divorce frequent, 561;
abruptly dissolved, 31.
Massawa, Italians at, 442.
Mek Adam Um Daballo, 133;
advises Mahdi to retire into interior, 139.
Melek Hagger, 107.
Melek Jusef, 146.
Messallamia, 4, 125, 129.
Messedaglia Bey, G. El Fasher, 37;
plans attack on Harun, 74.
Miracles, 143;
comet, 174, 179;
at Friday reviews, 304.
Mohammed Ahmed (Mahdi), A. first news of, 111;
his history, 122;
quarrel with Sherif, 125;
builds Koreishi's tomb, 129;
secret tour in Kordofan, 132;
proclaims himself Mahdi, 134;
chooses three Khalifas, 138;
first successes, 137-146;
Jebel "Masa," 144;
takes El Obeid, 176;
works a miracle, 179;
imitates Mohammed, 180;
his sensuality, 231;
master of Sudan, 242;
at Rahad, 275;
Friday reviews, 304;
to Khartum, 305;
his appearance, 289;
death, 369;
burial, 371;
teaching, 373;
Chronicles, 515;
"instructions," 544.
Mohammed el Fadl, S. Darfur, subdues Arabs, 45;
his mosque, 62.
Mohammed el Kheir, Mahdi's first teacher, 123;
takes Berber, 303;
awaits English at Metemmeh, 336;
holds Dongola, 381;
dead, 438.
Mohammed et Taki, Khalifa's father, 127.
Mohammed Hussein, K. Darfur, 46;
his prophecy, 51.
Mohammed Idris, 107.
Mohammed Khaled. See Zogal Bey.
Mohammed Said Pasha, G. El Obeid, 96;
misses Mahdi, 139, 145;
lets Mahdi go again, 173;
his treasure, 178;
death, 230.
Mohammed Sherif, Kfa. See Sherif.
Mohammed Terab, K. Darfur, stopped by Nile, 43.
Mohammed Wad Asi, 203;
brings news, 208.
Morgan Hosan, faithful in death, 189.
Mussaid Wad Gaidum, 405;
in Dongola, 476;
recalled, 477;
Kassala, 496;
loses Kassala, 505.
Mustapha Bey Yawer, defends Dongola, 303.
Nejumi, Abderrahman, with Zogal, 257;
sent against Khartum, 301;
takes Sennar, 382;
to Dongola, 405;
defeated and killed at Toski, 452.
Neufeldt, Charles, 416;
in prison, 572.
Niurnia, capital of Tago princes, 58;
Fur Sultans, 75.
Nur Angara Bey, G. W. Darfur, 11;
surprises Harun, 85;
his history, 105;
household, 110, 145;
sent to Metemmeh, 338.
O'Donovan, 237;
his note-book, 241.
Officers, six shot at Dara, 210.
Ohrwalder, Father, 101;
taken by Mahdi, 173;
escapes in Ashraf insurrection, 483.
Om Badr, 403.

Ombeija, Sudan war-horn, 26, 51, 283, 292, 446, 504.
Om Bilbil, 106, 111.
Om Lawai, taken and destroyed, 209.
Om Shanga, 151;
fort evacuated, 207;
surrender of, 256.
Om Waragat, disaster at, 186.
Omdurman, the sacred city of the Mahdi, 565;
filth of, 570;
fort besieged, 331;
prison, 571;
taken, 337.
See Map.
Osman Digna, 233;
fights Abyssinians, 385;
at Tokar, 473;
flies to Atbara, 474.
Osman Sheikh ed Din, Khalifa's son, 140;
married to Yakub's daughter, 519.
Osman Wad Adam, Khalifa's cousin, to Kordofan, 386;
at El Obeid, 399;
E. Kordofan and Darfur, 416;
to Shakka, 427, 444;
dies, 475.
Osman Wad Dekeim, to Berber, 438.
Ostrich, hunting, 112;
breeding stopped, 552;
swiftness of, 154.
Pain, Olivier (Frenchman), 306;
taken ill and dies, 317.
Rahad, 238;
Mahdi at, 275;
Slatin reaches, 283.
Ramadan, 63, 106.
Rashed Bey, G. Fashoda, and men annihilated, 140.
Rations paid for, 66, 67, 201.
Rauf Pasha, succeeds Gordon, 91;
warned by Sherif, 135.
Reggaf, 469;
most southern post of Khalifa, 537.
Rifki, Hassan Effendi, 63, 64, 76, 86;
killed with Shellali, 141.
Rott, Gottfried, at Dara, 182;
taken ill and dies, 203.
Rudolph, Crown Prince, news of death, 495.
Saadalla, Nubawi, 365, 367, 466.
Sahra, Khalifa's principal wife, 522.
Said Hussein, G. Shakka, 11;
arrested, 17.
Said Mahmud, 395.
Salama, Abu Mohammed Bey, Sh. Habbania, 155;
deserts, 164;
joins Madibbo, 201.
Salama, brother of Om Dramo, his ride, 192;
wounded, 226.
Saleh Bey el Kabbashi, Sh. Kababish at Om Badr, 403;
sends to Egypt, 416;
caravan waylaid, 417;
flies and is killed, 421.
Saleh Donkusa and Zaghawa, 113, et seq., 376.
Saleh Wad el Mek, 300;
in Mahdi's suite, 305;
his brother's head, 336;
his sons, 348;
discharged, 353.
Seckendorff, Baron, 237, 240.
Sennar, relieved, 146;
again, 232;
falls, 382.
Sennusi, Mohammed es, Sh. of N. Africa, 138, 231.
Shakka, battle at, 52;
Slatin marches to, 183.
Sharaf ed Din, 181, 184;
his death, 188.
Shekan, disaster at, 240.
Shellali, Yusef Pasha esh, 6, 141;
disaster, 143.
Sherif, Mohammed, Sh., 123;
warns Rauf, 135;
joins Mahdi, 270;
lives in style, 274;
arrested, 297;
sent to Osman Digna, 473;
E. Dongola, 476;
recalled and imprisoned for life, 477;

exiled, 500.
Zubeir, Pasha, J. Ali Abu Amuri's assistant, 47;
"Not the Mahdi," 127;
G. Bahr el Ghazal, 49;
takes Dara, 53;
made Pasha and goes to Cairo, 56.
Zubeir Suleiman, J. threatens revolt, 9;
Bey G. Bahr el Ghazal, 12;
dismissed, 14;
attacks Ganda five times, 17;
his wealth, 18;
submits to Gessi, 26;
shot by Helmi's Danagla, 28;
his wife and son, 269.
Zubeir Rabeh, 8;
escape of, 19;
goes West, 25;
near Lake Tchad, 629.
Zurbuchen, Dr., 7, 30, 59, 99;
treats Gessi, 102.

[1] The dabarek is the circular pond usually made close to a well, into which the water when drawn up is poured, and which is then used as the drinking-trough for the flocks.