The first Jihad
Subtitle: the battle for Khartoum and the dawn of militant Islam
By: Daniel Allen Butler
Publisher: Casemate
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Drexel Hill, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9781932033540
Subjects: Mahdī, Muḥammad Aḥmad, -- 1848-1885; Mahdi; Jihad; Religious militants -- Sudan -- Biography; Sudan -- History -- 1821-1881; Khartoum (Sudan) -- History -- Siege, 1884-1885
Genres: Biography
Notes: includes bibliographical references (247-249) and index
Table of contents: title: The land and the prophet; title: The coming of the Mahdi; title: Revolt in the desert; title: The city between the rivers; title: Gordon; title: The siege begins; title: London and Cairo; title: The duel; title: The relief column; title: The fall of Khartoum; title: The death of the Mahdi; title: Omdurman