Ten years' captivity in the Mahdi's camp, 1882-1892; from the original manuscripts of Father Joseph Ohrwalder... by Major F. R. Wingate . With maps and illustrations by Walter C. Horsley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ohrwalder, Josef, 1856-1913.

Contributor:

Wingate, F. R. (Francis Reginald), Sir, 1861-1953.

Horsley, Walter C., Illustrator.

British Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mahdī, Muḥammad Aḥmad, 1848-1885.

Mahdī, Muḥammad Aḥmad.

Sudan--History.

Sudan.

Genre:

Pictorial cloth bindings (Binding) -- 1893.

Gold tooled bindings (Binding) -- 1893.

Physical Description:

xvi,471 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Edition:

Rev. and abridged (10th) ed.

Place of Publication:

London, S. Low, Marston & company, 1893.

Contents:

Introduction: Father Ohrwalder's journey to the Sudan

The Mahdi and his rise to power

Father Ohrwalder and his companions taken captive

The missionaries and the Mahdi

The siege of El Obeid

The Mahdi's victory over Hicks Pasha

The Mahdi's triumphal entry into El Obeid

Father Ohrwalder's views of Gordon's mission

The siege and fall of Khartum

The Mahdi's last days

The escape of Father Bonomi

Revolt against the Dervishes

Ohrwalder's impressions of Omdurman

The Khalifa decides to conquer Abyssinia

King John of Abyssinia killed in battle

Defeat of Nejumi at Toski, and of Osman Digna at Tokar

The famine at Omdurman, 1888-1889

The Khalifa and his government

A chapter of horrors

Social life at Omdurman

The Khalifa's treatment of the white captives

Agriculture and commerce in the Mahdi's kingdom

The Baggara masters of the Sudan

Preparations for the flight

On camels across the great Nubian desert

The present Khalifa's despotism in the Sudan

Index.

Notes:

Contains index and list of illustrations and maps.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Bound in red cloth with image of Father Ohrwalder in gold on front cover. Text and image of a person on a camel in gold on spine.

OCLC:

5131435