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SWORD OF THE PROPHET: The Mahdi of Sudan and the Death of General Gordon

SWORD OF THE PROPHET: The Mahdi of Sudan and the Death of General Gordon 
A full biography of the Mahdi - the charismatic Sudanese Islamic hero whose fatal confrontation with General Gordon at Khartoum is one of the iconic military events of the Victorian Age of Empire.
The siege of Khartoum and the death of General Gordon is one of the iconic military events of the Victorian Age of Empire - up there with Rorke's Drift and the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava. This book is a refreshingly different look at the familiar story, since it is written from the viewpoint of the Mahdi - the Sudanese Islamic leader who was Gordon's nemesis. The Mahdi - ‘the awaited one' in Islamic theology, was Muhammed Ahmed, a humbly-born Sudanese tribesman who became convinced that he was the last prophet foretold in the Koran, destined to drive the infidel Christians from his country, along with the Ottoman overlords who occupied Egypt and the Sudan before the British arrived. Thousands flocked to the Mahdi's banner and he succeeded in forcing the Ottomans out, before Gordon arrived in Khartoum for their fatal confrontation. This is a full and revealing biography of an Islamic hero who confronted the British Empire at its zenith. At a time when Islamic militancy is again on the rise, this meticulously researched book is required reading.

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Product Code: 12596
Author: Fergus Nicoll
Format: 323 pp HB. B&W illustrations Published Price £20
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