di and, 110;
a Sherif of, 412.

Medawi, fiki, 124, 218, 221.

Mek Omar, 28-32, 49-50, 178;
son of, _see_ "Naser."

Melbeis, 95, 196.

Meshra Dehesh, 434, 437.

Messalamieh gate at Khartum, 150.

Metemmeh, 123, 268, 429.

Miracles, the Mahdi and, 7-8;
performed by Sid el Hassan, 166.

Miserieh tribe of Arabs, 106, 222.

Mice, plague of, at Omdurman, 291-2.

Minneh, fiki, 11, 20, 37, 39-40, 46, 56, 59-60.

Mint, the, at Omdurman, 209-13.

Missionaries, at El Obeid, 40-51;
_see also_ "Bonomi," "Losi," "Ohrwalder," "Rossignoli."

Mission Stations; _see_ "Austrian Mission."

Mohammed Ahmed, sheikh, 396.

Mohammed Ahmed (the Mahdi), rise of, 7-9;
and Kordofan, 10-12;
antecedents of, 12;
outward appearance of, 13;
Khalifas of, 14-5;
military organization of, 15-6;
new laws made by, 17-20, 60-3, 273;
summons El Obeid to surrender, 20-1;
defeat of, before El Obeid, 34, 36-41;
and the missionaries, 42-51;
siege of El Obeid, 53-9;
finances, 62-3;
art of winning over people, 66-7;
and Consul Hansal's letter, 68-71, 73;
victory over Hicks Pasha, 75-90;

triumphal entry into El Obeid, 91-2;
and province of Darfur, 93-4;
General Gordon and, 98, 130;
and the sisters, 103-6;
and Father Ohrwalder, on religion, 109-11;
and Slatin Bey, 118;
and violation of moral laws, 121;
religious movement of, 122-3;
and Cuzzi, 125-6;
siege of Khartum, 126, 131-54;
his life of ease and luxury, 60-4, 155-9, 449;
principal wife of, 157;
dwelling of, 157;
harem, 158;
death of, 160-62, 185;
and Olivier Pain, 174-5;
and Egypt, 254-6;
tomb of, 275-80;
and immorality, 341, 343;
and property, 398;
wives of, 404, 406;
capital of the Mahdi's kingdom, _see_ "Omdurman."

Mohammed Ali, 234, 315, 439, 447.

Mohammed el Kheir, 125, 130, 256.

Mohammed Pasha Khabir, 21.

Mohammed Suleiman, 186.

Monasir tribe, 128, 438.

Monogamy in Dar Nuba, 4.

Moral laws, the Mahdi and violation of, 121.

Moslem law, 322;
the killing of priests, 46;
and justice, 61-2;
Sudanese and, 279.

Mosque at Omdurman, 279, 297.

Mukran Fort, 126, 147.

Munzinger Pasha, 189, 191.

Murat, Saleh Bey and, 265;
wells of, 364;
Ohrwalder at, 440, 442.

Murders in the Sudan provinces, 333.

Musa, sheik