SABAHI Sabahi, a rebel chief, 1 191. Said Pasha, son of Mohammed Ali, i 103; state of the public finances at the time of his death, i 104, 220, 224. Said Pasha, cowardice and treachery of, iii 137; execution of, iii 141. Sala, Count della, ii 206. Saladin, becomes sultan, i 9. S.ilah Aga, relieves Sennar, ii 227. Salt tax, the, i 86. Sarras, expedition starts from, iii 242. Sartorius, Colonel, fortifies Suakim, ii 252.

Sauer, Mr., secretary at the Cape, iii 35-Scimitar, use of the, i 14.

Sebastiani, Colonel, Napoleon's agent, i 27.

Seckendorf, Major Baron von, ii 241. Selim the Third, i 27. Sennar, province of, i 106; a stronghold of slavery, i 107 ; Gordon at town, 1 166; threatened by the Mahdi's force, ii 223; relieved by Salah Aga, ii 227. Senoussi, El, a rival Mahdi, iv 242, 261. Serapeum, ii 107. Seymour, Lieutenant, killed, iv 252. Seymour, Vice-admiral Sir Frederick Beauchamp Paget, commands the fleet at Alexandria, i 261; bombards the city, i 266, 271 ; moves against Ramleh, ii 4 ; made Lord Alcester, ii 116.

Shaikeyeh tribe, the, iii 217. Shakka, Gordon at, i 178, 201; Suleiman's emissaries shot at, i 204. Shakool, Arabs routed at, iv 257. Shaw, Sergeant-major, killed at Kassassin, ii 47. Sheeis, sect of the Moslems, ii 214. Sheikh Hoghali, patron saint of Khartum, ii 211. Shendy, Gordon arrives at, iii 97; proposed railway from, to Debbeh, iii 220; bombarded, iv 93, 95. Sherif Pasha, forms a ministry, i 250. Sherri Island, iv 209. Shibeen el Kanater, ii 108. Shilluk country, the, i 105. Shoobra, a summer palace, i 95. Shoonah or government warehouse, the, i 86. Shukook Pass, the, iv 151, 209. Sienkiewicz, M., consul-general, i 244. Sinkat, besieged by Osman Digma, ii 244 ; condition of the garrison, ii 253 ; fall of, and massacre of the garrison, ii 266; a summer station for troops, iv 239. Slavery, its influence on Egypt, i 9 ; Khartum becomes the mart for the slave-trade, i 105; exertions of Gessi to suppress the trade, i 108 ; Dr.

Yates' description of a slave-market, i no; M. Giraud on, i 111; Ismail Pasha's endeavours to suppress the trade, i 121; its extent, i 123; horrors of slave-hunting, i 125 ; punishment decreed against slave-hunting chiefs, i 162 ; the question in the Soudan, i 173: horrors of, i 188, 206; Gordon's INDEX.

estimate of the extent of the traffic, i 209; Gessi's success in hunting down the slave-bands, i 211; Gordon's modified views on, iii gi ; danger of its increase, iii 129.

Smith, Sir Sydney, i 16, 19. Smith-Dorien, Lieutenant, ii 21, in. Sobat, post established at, i 149. Soudan, boundaries of the, i 4, 52 ; divisions of, i 52; its tribes, i 53; slavetrade in the, i in, 173; its condition in 1864, i 120; divided into provinces, i 136; financial position in 1878, i 185; proposed railway in, i 187 ; Lord Dufferin advises Egyptian government to get rid of, ii 207 ; its vast dimensions and resources, ii 207; its two great divisions, ii 208; its races, ii 208 ; position of affairs in, ii 209 ; caravan routes in, ii 218; proposed evacuation of, ii 255; Gordon's advice respecting, iii 11; he concurs in policy of abandoning, iii 56 ; his plan for managing, iii 83; his hopes regarding, iii 90; his assurances to the people of, iii 94; Zebehr proposed to be sent to, iii 105; Gordon's opinion against holding, iii 126; his notes to Sir E. Baring concerning, iii 166; religious habits of the people, iii 231; ignorance of the people in, iii 232 ; policy of British government respecting, iv 2; preparations for sending more forces to, iv 168 ; war estimates, iv 169 ; policy of abandoning the, iv 240; plan of campaign against the Mahdi and Osman Digma, iv 241; end of campaign in, iv 258 ; withdrawal of troops from, iv 259.

Speke, Captain, i 119. St. Croix, Austrian mission at, i 150. Stephenson, General Sir F., iv 261. Stephenson, Robert, the engineer, i 225.

Stewart, Col., corroborates Gordon's views on affairs in the Soudan, iii 52; his excursion from Khartum up the White Nile, iii 130; his murder by Suleiman Wad Gamr, iii 245; details by Hussein the stoker, iii 246; information obtained by Major Kitchener, iii 247 ; articles belonging to him found at Birti, iv 150; the house where he and his party were murdered, iv 213; inspection of his wrecked steamer, iv 213.

Stewart, General Sir Herbert, at Kassassin, ii 45 ; to lead the force across the Bayuda desert, iii 218, 265; takes the command at Dongola, iii 241 ; meets Major Gough at Dal, iii 244; his interview with the mudir of Dongola, iii 258; at Korti, iii starts from Korti, iii 269; iv 5; telegram of his fight at Abu-Klea wells, iii 270; entire force under, iv 7; his instructions, iv 9 ; his general order after Abu-Klea, iv 27; critical position of his force, iv 34 ; a night march, iv 47; the enemy again in sight, iv 49; his force attacked, and Sir Herbert severely wounded, iv 51 ; unable to 271 TAXATION act, iv 89 ; hopes of his recovery, iv 99; his death, iv 201; testimonies to his high qualities, iv 202 ; his early history and military career, iv 203. Stewart and Power, massacre of, iii 169.

Stone, General, chief of the staff of the Egyptian army, i 249. Strickland, Sir Edward, iv 174.

Stuart, Mr. VillietS, ii 174, 180.

Stuart-Wortley, Lieut., with Sir C.

Wilson at Khartum, iv 104. Suakim, description of, ii 217; panic at, ii 245, 253 ; gendarmerie ordered to, ii 251; defeat of the Egyptian forces, ii2S2; the cadi joins the Mahdi, ii 255 ; the town declared in a state of siege, ii 265 ; railway proposed to Berber, iii 193 ; the proposal abandoned, iii 195 ; Indian troops to be sent to, iv 131; threatened by Osman Digma, iv 169; improvements at, iv 232; proposed railway to Berber, iv 232 ; insanitary condition of, iv 236 ; attack on the camp at, iv 237 ; General Graham's campaign from, iv 247. Suez, occupied by Admiral Hewett, ii 64 ; harbour constructed at, i 228. Suez Canal, the, i 224 ; beginning of the work, i 226; Ismail Pasha threatens to stop it, i 226 ; cost of the work, i 227; taken possession of by the British, ii 21, 29; agreement of the great powers for its protection, ii 64; Arabi's efforts to block it, ii 71; its importance, ii 94 ; traffic on, ii 95 ; beginning of operations, ii 96 ; the voyage from Port Said to Ismailia, ii 99; method of excavating, ii 100; proposed neutralization of, ii 132; Lord Granville's circular note on, ii 171. Sufcit, iv 251.

Suleiman, son of Zebehr, heads the slave-dealers, i 169; his treacherous character, i 176; sent to B;ihr-el-Ghazal, i 176; his revolt put down by Gessi, i 189; his attack on I i 195; is defeated and pursued, i 197: captured by Gessi and shot, i 210. Suleiman Bey Sami, arrested, ii 146; execution of, ii 165. Suleiman Wad Gamr, his murder of Colonel Stewart and his party, iii 245; meets Lekalik at Salamat, iv 146; a proposal to entrap him, iv 150; his property destroyed, iv 153. Sultan Pacini, supports the British, ii 50; his gratitude to Lord Duffeiiu, ii 192.

Taka, province of, i 106.

Talahawiyeh steamer wrecked, i\ . Colonel, his account of Klea, iv 2 I whilst escorting the wounded to Abu-Klea, iv 198; is :ced by Colonel Stank y Clarke, iv 199.

Tamai, battle of, ii 284; captured by the " Friendlics," iv 263. Tambouk, iv 240, 257.

Tantah, town of, ii 106. Taxation in Egypt, 186, 23o;exem