The Mahdi of Allah

ISBN-13: 9781931541923 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 368 str.

Richard A. Bermann; Winston J. Churchill

Opis

The story of the self-declared " Mahdi" of Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad (1844-1885), " restorer of faith, " fundamentalist Islamic religious leader. His armies conquered the country, defeated several Egyptian and British armies and occupied Karthoum after a lengthy siege, beheading the British governor, General " Chinese" Gordon in 1885. Introduction by Sir Winston Churchill.