h, 396.

Musallem, Sultan, 234.

Museum of curios at Omdurman, 213.

Mussaid, Emir, 258.

Mustafa Hadal, 166.

Mustafa Yawer, 64-6, 358, 363.

Nahut, in Kordofan, 240-1.

Naima Jebel, 3, 223.

Naser (son of Mek Omar), 32-3, 40-1.

Nasri, sheikh, 167-8.

Nejumi, _see_ "Abderrahman Wad en Nejumi."

Nesim, Major, 11.

Neufeld, Charles, 233, 263, 345, 348, 353-60, 363.

News, the Sudanese and, 72-3;
in Omdurman, 282.

Niam Niam, singers from, 301.

Nile, _see_ "White Nile," "Blue Nile."

Noaia, sheikh, 222-3.

Nuba, country and people of, 3-5, 22-32, 35, 48-9, 50, 95, 102,
112-4, 117-8, 121, 171-2, 177, 186, 197-200, 223, 384.

Nubian desert, crossing the, 433-42.

Nur Angar, 16, 56, 112, 225, 247.

Nur Bey, 164-5.

Nur Gereifawi, 327, 379, 404;
son of, 394.

Nuri, sheikh, 247.

Oath of allegiance, sheikhs taking the, 70;
evidence on, at Omdurman, 329.

Obeid, _see_ "El Obeid."

O'Donovan, Mr. (_Daily News_ correspondent), 80, 96, 101.

Ohrwalder, Father, visit to Mek Omar, 50;
illtreated by a sheikh, 69-70;
taken before Abdullah, 100;
journey to Rahad, 101-3;
interview with the Mahdi on religion, 109-11;
treatment of, by various masters, 114-7;
in Khartum, 149-50;
farewell to Father Bonomi, 178-84;
down with fever, 190;
sent to Omdurman, 199;
and famine in Omdurman, 288;
made a prisoner, 351-2;
departure from Omdurman, 407;
plans of escape, 408-23;
and Lupton, 412-3;
escape of, to Cairo, 424-46;
present situation in the Sudan, 447-450.

Omala (tax-gatherers) in the Sudan, 313.

Omar Kisha (merchant), 267, 397.

Omar Saleh, 269-71.

Omar Wad Elias, Pasha, 247.

Omberer, a merchant, 35.

Omdurman, the Dervish capital, 146, 151, 275, 281, 304, 328, 380;
the Mahdi at, 35, 126, 127;
surrender of fort at, 131, 142, 177, 222;
small-pox in, 154-5;
and the Mahdi's death, 162-3;
events in, 202-3;
hill of, 204;
scarcity of small coins in, 210-3;
museum at, 213;
the beit el mal at, 208-9;
Abyssinians in, 220-1;
Abu Anga and, 224, 230-1;
grand review at, 225-6;
panic in, 248;
Osman Digna at, 267-8;
Mahdi's tomb at, 275-9;
Khalifa's palace, 280;
roads in, 280-1;
market-place, 282;
gallows at, 283, 317-8;
inhabitants of, 283;
population, 283-4