Sudan, a kingdom of God, near El-Daraweesh.

The fort, seeing the campfires burning, illuminated the night. Its light was obscured by the moon, with three thousand horsemen.

The army was in Omdurman, and had been there for two nights. It was near Kuri.

It was impossible to catch up with the army that Lord Wellesley had left.

Abd al-Rahman al-Najdi arrived in Khartoum after leaving the army.

The army arrived at Kuri and presented itself. At the end of Jumada al-Ula, the year 1...

Sir Charles Wilson submitted his report on the fall of Khartoum and the death of General Gordon.

The departure of the English from Khartoum to the Mahdi, and the army's arrival...

to collect the army and advance to the borders of Dongola. In the month of...

The English evacuated Dongola, and it was occupied by Amir. And in the month of Sha'ban, the year 1...

Then the provinces became subject to the Mahdi, and its southern provinces became...

Sudanese provinces were under the Mahdi's control. He took an oath from his followers that he would march on Dongola after a few months and then to Cairo. He sent two messengers carrying two letters, one addressed to the former Khedive, and the other to the inhabitants of Egypt.

Here is a copy of the two letters from the book of proclamations.

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

To the noble ruler, and prayers be upon our master Muhammad and his family, with salutations. And thereafter: This is from the servant of God, the Mahdi, son of Abd Allah, to the servant of God, the Khedive of Egypt. He says: The religion of God is Islam, which is the religion that whoever adheres to will be saved by God.

It is the religion of Islam, which our Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, brought to us, and the Quran was revealed in it.