DEFTERDAR Defterdar, the, i 84. Dehm Idris, captured by Gessi, i 194. Denison, Colonel, takes charge of the Nile voyageurs, iii 250. Denka tribes, the, i 108. Dervish Pasha, representative of the sultan in Egypt, i 264; ii 66. Desert, a journey through the, iii 81.

Di'aras or Administrations, i 233. Dihilbat Hill, iv 248. Dilke, Sir Charles, on the occupation of Egypt, ii 91. Dinkas tribe, the, i 149. Domain lands, the, ii 181, 190. Domains of khedival family, i 233. Dongola, description of, iii 258; British camp at, iii 259. Dongola, province of, iii 214 ; mudir of, defeats the Shaggiyeh rebels, iii 18S ; his story about the pretended conversions, iii 189. Dongola, Old and New, iii 217. Dongolese boatmen, iii 252. Dorward, Major, engineer of the Nile boats, iii 249. Drury-Lowe, General, commands the horse-artillery at El Magfar, ii 38; at Tel-el-Kebir, ii 85; occupies Cairo, ii 87; arrests Arabi, ii 89; his present from the Notables, ii 116. Druses, insurrection of the, i 73. Duaim, attack on, repulsed, ii 229. Dual Control, its appointment and nature, ii 51 ; French susceptibilities concerning, ii 131; practical extinction of, ii 174.

Dufferin, Earl of, ambassador at Constantinople, ii S3 ; his early career, ii 132 ; Governor-general of Canada, ii 134 ; is sent to Cairo, ii 134 ; his reconstruction scheme, ii 174; leaves Constantinople, ii 193; his speech in London, ii 196. Duffli, station established at, i 153. Dulka Island, iv 133, 157.

Earle, General, leads the force up the Nile, iii 218, 265 ; reaches Dulka Island, iv 133 ; attacks the enemy at Kirbekan, and is killed, iv 134, 161, 163.

Education in Egypt, i 90.

Egypt, its early history, i 1, 8; its fertility, i 2; early invasions of, i 8; invasion by Bonaparte, i 10; Alexandria captured, i 13; Cairo entered, i 14; Cairo capitulated by the French, i 25; condition of the people, i 80 ; state of agriculture, i 85 ; Mohammed Ali's oppressive taxation, i 87; description of the fellaheen, i 88 ; educational institutions introduced, i 90 ; causes of their failure, i 91; mills established in Cairo, i 92; its population in time of Mohammed Ali, i 98 ; state of finance in, i 215; courts of justice in, i 219; the national debt in 18S2, i 220; employment of foreigners, i 221; proportion of foreigners in, i 223; European trade with, i 223 ; divisions of real property in, i 232; an inquiry into the national finances, i 234; Ismail Pasha INDEX.

reauced to submission, i 239; prospects of reform, i 242; mutiny in the army, i 243, 245; meeting of the chamber of delegates, i 252; new ministry under Mahmoud Pasha Samy, i 253 ; proposed European intervention, i 253; foreigners in the service of Egypt, i 255; plot by Circassians, i 255; intervention decided upon, i 257; ii 57; increase of the English naval force at Alexandria, i 258; resignation of the ministry, i 262 ; Arabi becomes dictator, i 263; massacre at Alexandria, i 264; bombardment of the city, i 266; landing of British troops, i 282; ii 19; successful ruse for the seizure of the canal, ii 21, 29; battle of Kassassin, ii 43; deficiency of the transport service, ii 37, 49; Egyptian debt, ii 50; the Dual Control, ii 51 ; Prince Halim, ii 53; intrigues for the restoration of Ismail, ii 55; the policy of the British government, ii 57; diplomatic delays, ii 62; agreement between the great powers for the protection of the canal, ii 64; attitude of the French, ii 64: battle of Kassassin, ii 74; Tel-el-Kebir, ii 76 ; occupation of Cairo by the British, ii 87; arrest of Arabi, ii 89; debate in parliament on Egyptian affairs, ii gi ; surrender of Arabi's soldiers to the khedive, ii irt, 115; the deserted Egyptian camp, ii 113; the "national movement" collapses, ii 116; difficulties of its government, ii 118; Mr. Gladstone's proposed convention with, ii 127; British army in, reduced, ii 130; corruption of justice in, ii 151; the various peoples of, ii 167: Lord Dufferin's scheme for reform, ii 167; position of the fellaheen, ii 169 ; reconstruction of the administration, ii 174; claims of the British government against, ii 183; budget for 1883, ii 1S4; employment of foreigners in, ii 186; proposals of British to Egyptian government, iii 4 ; Gordon advocates reforms in administration of, iii 17; financial condition in 1883, 1884, iii 183; report and conference on finance of, iii 1S4; army of occupation in, iii 190; character of the Nile valley, iii 216; ignorance of the people, iii 232; later policy of British government regarding, iv 2 ; financial condition of government of, iv 260; British forces left in, in 1886, iv 263. Electoral institutions proposed, ii 178. El Magfar, skirmishing at, ii 37; the Egyptians withdrawn from, ii 37. El-Teb, Baker defeated at, ii 258; British victory at, ii 275; losses in the battle, ii 279.

Emin Effendi, Dr., i 158, 213.

Equator, province of the, i 141: iii 117 Etman Fakir, Suleiman'sadviscr,iii 240. Evans, Mr. Edwin Baldwin, ii 233.

Ewart, Colonel, leads the Life Guards at Kassassin, ii 45.

Fairfax, Captain, occupies Port Said, ii 30.

GOLDSMID Fakri Wad Etman, General Brackenbury's visit to the house of, iv 213 ; the house destroyed, iv 215.

Faragh Pasha, betrays Khartum-, iv 112; treachery of, iv 221 ; his miserable end, iv 226. Fatiko, a garrison station established at, i 153.

Feki Mustafa, iv 105. Fellaheen or native Egyptians, i 88.

Ferayg, temple at, iii 212. Ferrid Pasha, arrives at Ismailia and supports the British, ii 50. Finance, Egyptian, i 215, 220.

Fisher, Major, takes command of Alexandria, i 284 ; inventor of the iron-clad train, ii 3.

Fitzroy, Captain, occupies Ismailia, ii 30.

Foreigners, employment of, in Egypt, ii 186.

Foweira, station established at, i 153.

France, disagreeable relations with, ii 123, 131; her jealousy against Britain, i 236.

Fremantle, General, iv 232, 256.

Freycinet, M. de, attitude of his cabinet on the Egyptian question, ii 64.

Gakdul, a force starts for, iii 268; the desert column at the wells of, iv 13; forts erected at, iv 15; the column starts from, iv 16 ; General Buller arrives at, iv 208. Gallabat tribe, the, i 171. Gcbel Gedir, the Mahdi at, ii 215. Gendarmerie, force raised, ii 130, 206. Gerendid Cataract, the, iv 137, 138.

Gessi, Lieut., suppresses the slavetrade, i 108 ; circumnavigates Lake Albert Nyanza, i 158 ; Gordon's description of, i 192; his march to the Bahr Gazelle, i 193; he compels Suleiman to retreat, i 195; his efforts to destroy the slave-trade, i 196; lays a trap for a slave-hunter, i 198; his victorious return to Dehm, i 199; meets Gordon at Toashia, i 200; is made a ', i 200; surprises and captures Suleiman, i 210; he resigns and goes 1 . Khartum, i 214; his death, i 214.

Gicgler Pasha, ii jj2; raises a force to relieve Sennar, ii 223; his difficulties witli a rebellious slur I Colonel, ii 258, 261.

Gill, Captain, murdered by the Arabs, ii 89.

Ginnis, rebels defeated at, iv 262. Giraud, M.. on t! ide, i nz.

■ne, Mr., sulci raeli.

i 242 ; on British interference in I ii 61 ; on the occupation of 1 ii 90, 93; hesitat overnment, ii 125; his proposed convention with , ii 127: difficulties of his ministry r the Soudan, iii 10; defends his ministry, iii 171 tr 11,000,000, iv 257; his statement that operations in the Soudan would cease, iv Goldsmid, Major-general Sir Fred i 245.