IBRAHIM Ibrahim Fansi, seizes free men for slaves, i 192. Ibrahim Pasha, i 45 ; captures MIssolonghi, i 55 ; his merciless cruelty in Greece, i 56 ; the Turco-Egyptian fleet destroyed at Navarino, i 60; besieges Acria, i 66; takes possession of Damascus, i 66 ; his visit to England, i loi ; differences with his father, i 102; his short reign, i 102.

Idris, caught in Gessi's trap, i 198. Indemnity commission, work of the, ii 194; awards of, iii 183.

India, troops despatched to Egypt from, ii 2; they land at IsmaiHa, ii 40. Ingram, Mr., appointed to the naval brigade, iv 96.

Ireland, Gordon's visit to, iii 31.

Iron-clad train, ii 3, 7. Iskender Bey, defends El Obeid, ii 229, 231. Ismael Pasha, destruction of, i 51. Ismail Pasha succeeds to the viceroyalty, i 112; endeavours to suppress the slave-trade, i 121 ; his schemes for raising Egypt, i 123 ; grants a firman to Sir Samuel Baker, i 123; induces Gordon to return to the Soudan, i 159; sends for him to Cairo, i 182 ; his extravagant railway contracts, i 186 ; Gordon's estimate of, i 203; his earlier life, i 215; known as "the Borrower," i 215; receives the title of Khedive, i 217: his family, i 218; his privy-council, i 218; his extravagance in outlay for improvements, i 220; refuses to continue the Suez Canal agreement, i 226 ; constructs a breakwater at Alexandria, i 228 ; his extensive family domains, I 233 ; they are surrendered to the financial commission, i 236 ; his promises of reform, i 236 ; refuses to be controlled, i 238 ; reduced to submission, i 239 ; brings forward a financial proposal, i 240; is deposed by the sultan and retires to Naples, i 241 ; intrigues for his restoration, ii 55; his reckless extravagance, ii 55; his opinion on affairs in the Soudan, iii 2; Gordon defends him, iii 17.

Ismail Pasha Sadyk, i 218.

Ismail Yacoob Pasha, i 147, 157.

Ismailia, seized by the British, ii 21, 29 ; description of, ii 32 ; importance of, ii 95; its rise, ii 104; water-works at, ti 105.

John or Johannis, king of Abyssinia, i x6o, 189; his absurd demands, i 212; his indignities to Gordon, i 212 ; Admiral Hewett's mission to, ii 2S2.

Jordan Canal, the, iii 37.

Joubert, M., i 220, 233. Juba River Expedition, the, i 156.

Kabenat, a strong fort at, ii 148. Kafr-Dowar, Arabi intrenches himself at, ii 3; skirmishing near, ii 14; surrendered to the khedive, ii 112, X14. Kamshid Pasha, skirmishing at, ii 14. Kantarah, on Lake Menzaleh, ii lox.

INDEX.

Karkodj, capitulates to the Mahdi, ii 224.

Kassala, capital of Taka, i xo6 ; besieged, iii 100; iv 231.

Kassassin, canal lock occupied by British, ii 40; battle of, ii 43; Arabi defeated at, ii 74. Kharaji, the, i 232. KhartCm, capital of the Soudan, i 105 ; General Gordon installed at, i 166 ; he sets out for Cairo, i 2x1 ; Raouf Pasha made governor of, i 213; threatened by the Mahdi, ii 215; description of the town, ii 216; panic caused at, by the spread of the insurrection, ii 223; Hicks Pasha at, ii 237; condition of things under Col. Coetlogon, iii 6; the impolicy of announcing its evacuation, iii X7 ; Gordon's message to, iii 22 ; its condition at the beginning of 1884, iii 39; dangerous position of, iii 44 ; Gordon and Stewart's arrival at, iii 97 ; commencement of assault on, iii 132: confidence of the people in Gordon, iii X44 ; a native's description of the place, iii 162 ; the various routes to, iii 192 ; Wolseley receives news from, iii 256, 263, 266; Khartilm all right, iii 268 ; Gordon's force in, in Oct. 1884, iv 79; Gordon's last letters from, iv 84; Sir C. Wilson at last reaches, iv 109 ; news of its loss confirmed, iv 122; native accounts of the fall of, iv 219, 223, 224 ; Sir Charles Wilson's account, iv 322. Khasm-el-Mus, captain of a Nile steamer, iv 76, 97, 104 ; his faithfulness, iv 115, 121. Khedive, title of, i 217. Kirbekan, battle of, iv X34, x6z; position of the enemy, iv 158; our severe losses at, iv 134, 165.

Kleber, General, i 17, 18. Kordofan, province of, i X05; revolt in, i 191 ; Gordon admits abandonment of, iii 12. Korosko, iii 76, 80.

Korti, the camp at, iii 261 ; Sir H.

Stewart and Gen. Wolseley at, iii 262 ; Christmas-day at, iii 263; force under Sir Herbert Stewart leaves, iv 5 ; a march from Wady Haifa to, iv 31 ; reports from, iv 98. Kosheh, iv 262. Kourbash, the, i 80; iii 330; punishment declared illegal, and abolished, ii X67, 194-Kroomen, engagement of, iii 20a.

Lado, i 154, 213. Land-tax in Egypt, i 231. Land tenure in Egypt, i 83. Lane, Surgeon-major, killed, iv 247. Laveleye, M. Emile dc, ii 118.

Lebanon, insurrection at, i 73. Lekalik, desires to fight the British, iv 146. Leopards, tribe of the, i X75.

Lesseps, M., his idea of a ship canal, i 225 ; his indignation at the seizure of the Suez Canal by the British, ii 25 : on the Mahdi's movement, MERNAT ii 125 ; his telegram to Arabi, ii 137-Lloyd, Mr. Clifford, disclosures by, iii 183, Long, Colonel, accompanies General Gordon to the Soudan, i 146 ; commands an inland expedition, i 157. Lupton Bey, i 214; iii 7, 8.

M'Killop Pasha, i 157. M'Neill, Sir John, marches from Suakim to Tamai, iv 249; sudden attack by the Arabs, iv 250; the enemy repulsed with severe loss, iv 252. Macpherson, General, pursues the fugitives from Tel-el-Kebir, ii 86. Magdala captured and destroyed,! 117. Mahdi, the. Sir Charles Wilson reports on, ii 144; his success in the Soudan, ii 209 ; his claims to be the ' ' Deliverer, ii 210; his early history, ii 211 ; Father Dichtl's account of, ii 213; signs of the expected Mahdi, ii 214; settles at Gebel Gedir, ii 215; defeats Rashid Bey, ii 222; takes the field in person, ii 229 ; his position in the Soudan, iii 120; his reply to Gordon's letter, iii 145 ; his intention of securing Cairo, iii 196; Gordon's challenge to, iii 256; news of the strength of his army, iv 45; his letters found at Abu-Klea, iv 45; his letter to Gordon demanding surrender, iv 81; sends a threatening letter to Sir C. Wilson, iv X2i ; his brother-in-law's statements concerning, iv 229: rumoured defections in his host, iv 230, 242 ; his caution in avoiding personal danger, iv 242 ; death of, iv 261. Mahmoud II., sultan of Turkey, i 28; seeks help from Russia against Mohammed Ali, i 68 ; the czar's artful stroke of policy, i 69; the sultan determines to regain Syria, i 70 ; his army defeated by Ibrahim, i 71; his death, i 72. Mahmoud Fehmy, ii 41, 159. Mahmoud Pasha Samy, i 244 ; forms a ministry, i 253. Mahmoud Sami, Arabi's companion, " 159-Mahmoudieh Canal, the, i 96. Mahomet Achmet. See Mahdi. Mahsamah, ii 39, 107. Mahuta, skirmishing at, ii 36. Malet, Sir E., diplomatic agent, i 244; controller, i 253; his letter to Lord Granville, ii 143.

Malortie, Baron de, iii 60. Malta, captured by Bonaparte, i X2. Mareotis, Lake, ii iii. Massowa, obtained by Egypt, i ij8 ; occupied by Italian troops, iv X30, 23X. Masupha, the Basuto chief, iii 35. Mek Nimmur, sheikh of Shendy, i 51. Melgund, Lord, wounded, ii 36. Memlooks, their origin, i 9; entrapped by Mohammed Ali, i 39 ; their final destruction, i 41. Menon, General, i 17, 18, 22, 26. Menzaleh, Lake, ii 98. Memat, island of, occupied by Sir C