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FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS OF FATHER JOSEPH OHRWALDER LATE PRIEST OF THE AUSTRIAN MISSION STATION AT DELEN, IN KORDOFAN
CONTENTS (abridged list)
INTRODUCTION.
FATHER OHRWALDER'S JOURNEY TO THE SUDAN.
Description of Kordofan and Dar Nuba—The Mission Station at Delen
CHAPTER I.
THE MAHDI AND HIS RISE TO POWER.
The rise of the Mahdi—Early successes—Personal appearance—His
Khalifas described—Military organization—Makes new laws—He summons El Obeid to surrender
CHAPTER II.
FATHER OHRWALDER AND HIS COMPANIONS TAKEN CAPTIVE.
The storm rises in Dar Nuba—The Baggara begin to raid—Khojur Kakum of Delen—Mek Omar besieges Delen—The slave guard deserts the Mission—The priests and nuns surrender—They are sent to the Mahdi
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CHAPTER XXII.
AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE IN THE MAHDI'S KINGDOM.
Remarks on the agriculture and commerce of the Mahdiist kingdom—A sandstorm in Omdurman—The paucity of cattle—System of taxation on imports—Provincial beit el mals—Local manufactures—Slavery and the slave-markets—Torture of slaves
CHAPTER XXIII.
THE BAGGARA MASTERS OF THE SUDAN.
Relations between Abdullah and the rival Khalifas—Mahdiism practically dead—The Khalifa's son Osman—His marriage to Yakub's daughter—His intentions regarding the succession—The Baggara and the Aulad-Belad—The Baggara masters of the Sudan—Examples of their tyranny—Emigration of the Rizighat tribe—Hostility between the Khalifa's and the late Mahdi's households—The Ashraf conspiracy—Witchcraft—The dispute between the Khalifas—Riots in Omdurman—The Mahdi's widows
CHAPTER XXIV.
PREPARATIONS FOR THE FLIGHT.
Ohrwalder forms plans for escape—The fate of other Europeans attempting to fly—Stricter surveillance—Ohrwalder's means of livelihood—Letters from Cairo—The faithful Ahmed Hassan discloses his plan—Archbishop Sogaro—Miseries of captivity in Omdurman—Death of Sister Concetta Corsi—Preparations for flight
CHAPTER XXV.
ON CAMELS ACROSS THE GREAT NUBIAN DESERT.
Father Ohrwalder and Sisters Venturini and Chincarini escape—The ride for life—The rencontre with the Dervish guard near Abu Hamed—Alarm of the party—The journey across the great Nubian desert—Five hundred miles on camel-back in seven days—Arrival at the Egyptian outpost at Murat—Safe at last—Arrival in Cairo
CHAPTER XXVI.
THE PRESENT KHALIFA'S DESPOTISM IN THE SUDAN.
Reflections on the situation in the Sudan—The horrors of the present Khalifa's rule—How long shall it continue?
INDEX.
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