A tiny message from Gordon of Khartoum smuggled out of the besieged city in a courier's bushy hair is to be sold. Written in Arabic by the general, it shows Gordon expected a British army to free ...

But Joy's romanticised painting was more about pandering to public opinion, rather than a need to put a gloss on colonial adventures. During the siege of Khartoum, the decision by Gladstone's ...

the mahdi in khartoum; chinese gordon forced to surrender his stronghold.uncertainty as to the fate of the gallant general--the gladstone government assailed on all sides. Share full article Feb ...

Last week the dervish spirit was astir again in Khartoum. So was the Mahdi’s son. Sir Sayed Abdul Rahman Mohamed Ahmed El Mahdi Pasha lacked his father’s messianic complex.

the khartoum massacre; gordon shot while reading the bible in the palace delight of the mahdi at sight of the brave soldier's head--terrible story of a greek merchant. share full article.

CHINESE GORDON: THE STORY OF A HERO (256 pp.)—Lawrence and Elisabeth Hanson—Funk & Waqnalls ($4).When General Charles George Gordon was speared to death at Khartoum in 1885, Queen ...