In 1887 the merchant Charles Neufeld set out for Kordofan, was betrayed by his guides and fell into the hands of the Mahdist dervishes. He spent the next twelve years a prisoner of the Khalifa Abdullahi at Omdurman, much of it in chains, and here describes his captivity, failed escapes and the life of the Mahdist capital.
A gripping captivity narrative and an important eyewitness source on the Mahdist Sudan. Download the free EPUB.