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040-002025526

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032-002025524

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Vol. I. (ff. 116). 10-23 Sept. The label on the wrapper is inscribed as follows: "Chief of Staff, Soudan Expeditionary Force. For Lt.-Colonel Stewart, C.M.G. (if with army), if not, for General Lord Wolseley, G.C.B., etc. Contains no secrets, as far as I am concerned. Official parts, those not scratched through. C. G. G." At the end of the journal (f. 83) is the note: "To be copied and read by Col. Stewart if he likes, and extracts given Mr. Power (as by promise), afterwards given to Miss Gordon, Southampton; if not wanted by the Foreign Office." The Appendix (ff. 84-115) contains letters to Gordon, in Arabic, from followers of the Mahdi, with copies of Gordon's answers, and some other papers (see Journals, 1885, pp. 399-446) ; including (f. 98) a copy of a letter written by Hussein Pasha, a Turkish officer serving under General Hlicks, very shortly before the annihilation of Hicks's army at Kashgil (ib. p. 426).

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ff. 84, 86, 99, 103 Abd el Kader Ibrahim: Correspondence with Gen. Gordon: 1884.: Arabic.
ff. 84-111 Major-Gen. Charles George Gordon, CB: Correspondence: 1884.: Arabic, Ital., etc.
ff. 84-91, 105-108 b Mohamed Achmet, known as 'The Mahdi': Correspondence of his lieutenants with Gen. Gordon: 1884.: Arabic.
f. 88 George Calamentino: Letters to Gen. Gordon and others: 1884.: Gr. and Ital.
f. 89 G- Cuzzi, Consular Agent at Berber: Letter to Gen. Gordon: 1884.: Ital.
f. 92 Kartoum, the Soudan: Letter from the Ulema of, to the Mahdi's lieutenants: 1884.: Arabic.
f. 95 Achmet al Mustafa: Letter to Cassim el Mousse: 1884.: Arabic.
f. 98 Hussein Pasha: Letter describing the condition of Hicks's army: 1883.: Arabic.: Copy.
f. 98 William Hicks, General: Letter from an officer in his army: 1883.: Arabic.
f. 102 Horatio Herbert Kitchener, Captain, afterwards Major RE: Letter to Col. Stewart: 1884.
f. 102 Ernest Ayscoghe Floyer, Inspector-General of the Sudan Telegraph: Letter to Gen. Gordon: 1884.
f. 109 Colonel John Donald Hamill Stewart, of the 11th Hussars: Letter to Gen. Gordon: 1884.: Printed.
f. 111 Herbin, French Consul at Kartoum: Letter to Gen. Gordon: 1884.
ff. 113, 115 Maps and Plans: Maps to illustrate Gordon's journals at Kartoum: 1884.: Engr.
f. 115 Kartoum, the Soudan: Plan of: 1884.: Engr.

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Add MS 34474-34483 : Gordon Manuscripts
Add MS 34474-34479 : JOURNALS of Major-General Charles George Gordon, C.B., during the siege of Kartoum, from 10 Sept. (the day on which Col.…

Add MS 34474 : Vol. I. (ff. 116). 10-23 Sept. The label on the wrapper is inscribed as follows: "Chief of Staff, Soudan Expeditionary Force.…

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Languages:

Arabic
English
Greek, Modern
Italian

Scripts:

Arabic
Greek
Latin

Start Date:

1884

End Date:

1884

Date Range:

10 Sep 1884-23 Sep 1884

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Names:

Abd el Kader Ibrahim
Achmet al Mustafa
Calamentino, George
Cuzzi, G-, Consular Agent at Berber
Floyer, Ernest Ayscoghe, explorer and colonial officer, 1852-1903
Gordon, Charles George, army officer, 1833-1885
Herbin, French Consul at Kartoum
Hicks, William, army officer, 1831-1883
Hussein Pasha, of Add MS 34474
Kitchener, Horatio Herbert, Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, army officer, 1850-1916
Mohamed Achmet, known as `The Mahdi'
Stewart, John Donald Hamill, Colonel of the 11th Hussars

Places:

Kartoum, the Soudan