. The historians' history of the world; a comprehensive narrative of the rise and development of nations as recorded by over two thousand of the great writers of all ages: . aahdi, he was defeated near the well al-Teb, on February 4th, 1884; Osman Dignas fanatical hordes were first beaten back at Tamai, on March The Egyptian government was very anxious toreconquer the Sudan, but England was firm in advis-ing against it, convinced that both men and moneywere lacking for the undertaking. Sherif ,the prime minister, resigned in , andNubar Pasha, although reluctantly, took
. The historians' history of the world; a comprehensive narrative of the rise and development of nations as recorded by over two thousand of the great writers of all ages: . aahdi, he was defeated near the well al-Teb, on February 4th, 1884; Osman Dignas fanatical hordes were first beaten back at Tamai, on March The Egyptian government was very anxious toreconquer the Sudan, but England was firm in advis-ing against it, convinced that both men and moneywere lacking for the undertaking. Sherif ,the prime minister, resigned in , andNubar Pasha, although reluctantly, took his power of the mahdi had grown rapidly andonly a few fortified places in the Sudan, includingKhartum, still held out. General Gordon, sent torelieve the latter stronghold, was cut off from rein-forcements, and, through an incomprehensible mis-conception of distances and the time necessary tocover them, the force sent to his relief arrived too late. Khartum fell on January 26th, 1885, and Gordon and all his force fellwith it. The Nile expedition under Lord Wolseley failed in accomplishinganything, and the Sudan south of Wady-Halfa was left to the mahdi.«. An Arabian CountryWoman INTERNAL REORGANISATION With the internal difficulties Sir Evelyn Baring had been struggling bravelyever since his appointment, trying to evolve out of the ever-changing policyand contradictory orders of the British government some sort of coherentline of action, and to raise the administration to a higher standard. For twoor three years it seemed doubtful whether he would succeed. All over Egyptthere was a feeling of unrest, and the well-meant but not very successfulefforts of the to improve the state of things were making them veryunpopular. The introduction of English officials and influence intoall the administrative departments was resented by the native officials, andthe action of the irrigation officers in preventing the customary abuses of thedistribution of water
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