Original sentence: Gordon was killed around dawn fighting the warriors of the Mahdi - who had told them not to kill Gordon - on the steps of a stairway in the northwestern corner of the palace
Edited sentence: Allen’s article “How Khartoum Fell” (1941) the Mahdi gave strict orders to his three Khalifas not to kill Gordon.As recounted in Bernard M.Gordon was killed around dawn fighting the warriors of the Mahdi.However, the orders were not obeyed and Gordon died on the steps of a stairway in the northwestern corner of the palace