Table of contents for Sword of the prophet : the Mahdi of Sudan and the death of General Gordon / Fergus Nicoll.

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1. The Boat-Builder's Son                          11
2. The Shadow of the Saraya                        20
3. The Handclasp                                   28
4. The Voice of the People                         38
5. 'A New Dhikr'                                   50
6. 'From the Mouths of Babes'                      58
7. The Sword of the Prophet                        69
8. Hijra to Jebel Massa                            77
9. Jihad                                           90
10. 'Star with a Tail'                             103
11. 'The Rapacious Grasp of Foreigners'            114
12. A New Order                                    126
13. Hicks Pasha                                    136
14. 'The Sunset of their Lives'                    145
15. 'In God's Fist'                                160
16. 'The Place of a Native'                        175
17. The Siege of Khartoum                          189
18. 'The Torture of Defeat'                        199
19. Victory                                        217
20. 'The Last Grave of Mahdism'                    227
Chronology                                    241
Appendix: Ottoman, Egyptian and Sudanese
Officials                                   247
Glossary                                      251
Notes                                         256
Bibliography                                  302
Index                                         315