Download or read book Sword of the Prophet written by Fergus Nicoll and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 25 January 1885, a Sudanese Islamic revolutionary army entered Khartoum. The slaughter continued from dawn until noon and involved the beheading of British officer General Charles Gordon
Download or read book The Mahdi of Sudan and the Death of General Gordon written by Fergus Nicoll and published by Sutton Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biography recognizes for the first time Mahdi's role as the charismatic but flawed leader of a movement seeking to free his people.
Download or read book The Journals of Major Gen C G Gordon C B at Kartoum written by Charles George Gordon and published by London : K. Paul, Trench. This book was released on 1885 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fra marts 1884 til januar 1885 blev al-Ḫarṭūm belejret før, den blev indtaget og generalmajor Gordon blev dræbt.
Download or read book The Mahdi of Allah written by Richard A. Bermann and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2006-10-01 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, as a new Islamic revolution faces a Western response, this classic exploration of fundamentalist Islamic religious leader Muhammad Ahmad (1844-1885) deserves a second look. The self-proclaimed "Mahdi," or end-time redeemer of Islam, Ahmad and his armies took back control of the Sudan from foreign conquerors in the late 19th century only to himself be defeated, his rebellion thwarted. Students of the history of the Sudan and of Islam in recent centuries will be fascinated by this 1932 work, which reveals as much about European reaction to aggressive Islamism as it does about one of the great figures of the faith itself. Austrian journalist RICHARD ARNOLD BERMANN (1883-1939) is also the author of Home from the Sea: Robert Louis Stevenson in Samoa.
Download or read book General Gordon Or the Victory of the Mahdi in the Sudan written by Lance Banbury and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gordon and the Sudan written by Alice Moore-Harell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-23 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a study on the period preceding the Mahdist revolution in the Sudan. It analyses the administration and political developments under the governor-generalship of Gordon.
Download or read book Slavery and Jihad in the Sudan written by Frederic C. Thomas and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-04 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slavery and Jihad in the Sudan is not only a riveting narrative about the struggle against the slave trade and martyrdom of Charles Gordon at the hands of the Mahdi, but also an account of conditions during a period of great trauma. Fred Thomas holds a PhD in social anthropology and has studied and worked in Sudan. He relies on his vast knowledge and personal experience to bring attention to a place and time in a unique part of the world where grass roots conditions in a tribal society have changed little over time, particularly in the vast expanses of rural Sudan. Thomas highlights the extraordinary personalities of the time by sharing anecdotes from explorers, Muslim holy men, Christian missionaries, foreign mercenaries, and slave traders. As Thomas recounts the legacy of Mahdism, he also includes haunting vestiges of earlier times within the atrocities currently occurring in Darfur, as well as an interesting correlation between ancient tribal and religious differences to their practical relevance in today's world. Compiled with fragments of conversations, captivating descriptions, and personal stories, Slavery and Jihad in the Sudan allows a glimpse into a fascinating period.
Download or read book Gladstone Gordon and the Sudan Wars written by Fergus Nicoll and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: General Gordons death in Khartoum on 26 January 1885 and the fall of the besieged city to the forces of the Mahdi was a crucial episode in British imperial history. It was deeply controversial at the time, and it still is today. Gordon has routinely been depicted as the hero of the story, in contrast to Prime Minister Gladstone who is often portrayed as the villain of the piece, responsible for a policy of drift in Sudan.Fergus Nicolls radical reappraisal, which is based on eyewitness accounts and previously unpublished archive material, refutes the conventional image of both men. Presenting an inside view of Gladstones thinking and decision-making, Nicoll gives the prime minister credit for his steadfast insistence that Britain should have minimal engagement in and zero responsibility for Sudan. Gordon, who succumbed to a lasting mania that skewed his decision-making and undermined his military capacity, is cast in a more sceptical light. This fascinating insight into British policy in Africa exposes the inner workings of government, the influence of the press and public opinion and the power of a book to change a government.Each stage in the rapid sequence of events is reconsidered Gladstones steely determination to avoid involvement, Gordons partial evacuation of Khartoum, the siege, the despatch of the relief expedition that arrived too late, the abandonment of Sudan, and the subsequent political battle over responsibility. The personal cost to both men was great: Gordon lost his life and Gladstone saw his reputation gravely tarnished.
Download or read book JIHAD written by Murray Fradin and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003-05-14 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book You MUST Read to Understand JIHAD and America's Challenge in the Middle East . . . Murray S. Fradin, B.A., a historian and Middle East Specialist, has drawn upon his research to bring out his new, third edition of JIHAD: The Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan. It includes new, exciting material including special maps and illustrations.
Download or read book The Dervish Wars written by Robin Neillands and published by John Murray. This book was released on 1996 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Eminent Victorians written by Lytton Strachey and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gordon and the Mahdi written by C. G. Gordon and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Prisoners of the Mahdi written by Byron Farwell and published by New York : Harper & Row. This book was released on 1967 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gordon written by Pierre Crabitès and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The critics of Charles George Gordon accused him of vacillation and of instability of character. His supporters refused to admit that he was inconstant; they took the position that it was the Gladstone Cabinet which manifested a spirit of indecision that was fraught with terrible consequences. General Gordon was a prolific letter-writer, and he also kept a journal. Many official notes and dispatches deal with his final mission to Khartoum. This book, first published in 1933, attempts to get at the truth of Gordon’s character and his time in the Sudan through these letters, this journal, these notes and despatches.
Download or read book Gladstone Gordon and the Sudan Wars written by Fergus Nicoll and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: General Gordon's death in Khartoum on 26 January 1885 - and the fall of the besieged city to the forces of the Mahdi - was a crucial episode in British imperial history. It was deeply controversial at the time, and it still is today. Gordon has routinely been depicted as the hero of the story, in contrast to Prime Minister Gladstone who is often portrayed as the villain of the piece, responsible for a 'policy of drift' in Sudan.Fergus Nicoll's radical reappraisal, which is based on eyewitness accounts and previously unpublished archive material, refutes the conventional image of both men. Pres.
Download or read book The First Jihad written by Daniel Allen Butler and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2007-04-29 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “well-researched” account of the nineteenth-century Sudanese cleric who led a bloody holy war, from a New York Times-bestselling author (Publishers Weekly). Before bin Laden, al-Zarqawi, or Ayatollah Khomeini, there was the Mahdi—the “Expected One”—who raised the Arabs in pan-tribal revolt against infidels and apostates in Sudan. Born on the Nile in 1844, Muhammed Ahmed grew into a devout, charismatic young man, whose visage was said to have always featured the placid hint of a smile. He developed a ferocious resentment, however, against the corrupt Ottoman Turks, their Egyptian lackeys, and finally, the Europeans who he felt held the Arab people in subjugation. In 1880, he raised the banner of holy war, and thousands of warriors flocked to his side. The Egyptians dispatched a punitive expedition to the Sudan, but the Mahdist forces destroyed it. In 1883, Col. William Hicks gathered a larger army of nearly ten thousand men. Trapped by the tribesmen in a gorge at El Obeid, it was massacred to a man. Three months later, another British-led force met disaster at El Teb. This was followed by the infamous conflict at Khartoum, during which a treacherous native—or patriot, depending upon one’s point of view—let the Madhist forces into the city, resulting in the horrifying death of Gen. Charles “Chinese” Gordon at the hands of jihadists. In today’s world, the Mahdi’s words have been repeated almost verbatim by the jihadists who have attacked New York, Washington, Madrid, and London, and continue to wage war from the Hindu Kush to the Mediterranean. Along with Saladin, the Mahdi stands as an Islamic icon who launched his own successful crusade against the West. This deeply researched work reminds us that the “clash of civilizations” that supposedly came upon us in September 2001 in fact began much earlier, and “lays important tracks into the study of terror, fundamentalism and the early clash between Islam and Christianity” (Publishers Weekly).
Download or read book The Road to Khartoum written by Charles Chenevix Trench and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
