Colonel Gordon In Central Africa 1874 1879

Author : Charles George Gordon
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230259741
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book Colonel Gordon in Central Africa, 1874-1879 written by Charles George Gordon and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 edition. Excerpt: ... GOVERNOR-GENERAL. 203 CHAPTER IV.--1877. Colonel Gordon had been so much thwarted in the best part of his work by Ismail Pasha Yacoub, the Governor-General of the Soudan, that he was most unwilling to return to his post As one of his friends said, " He had successfully checked slavedriving in his own province, but he could do nothing to stop it in the extensive Soudan district, where Khartoum is the headquarters of the system." A strong pressure was, however, put upon him by the Khedive; and at the same time, shortly after his arrival in England, he was informed by those in authority at home, that, for certain reasons into which it is needless to enter, they thought that he was bound to go back. He yielded so far as to consent to return'to Cairo, there to talk over the whole question with the Khedive. As will be seen by the extracts from his letters that follow, the chief difficulty was quickly removed--nay, more, he was put in the place of the man who had so troubled him. This was not all; for the duties of the GovernorGeneral of the Soudan were extended, and a vast country was put under his rule. "Setting a just value," wrote the Khedive to Colonel Gordon, on February 17, 1877, "on your honourable character, on your zeal, and on the great services that you have already done me, I have resolved to bring the Soudan, Darfour, and the provinces of the Equator, into one great province, and to place it under you as Governor-General. As the country which you are thus to govern is so vast, t you must have beneath you three vakeels (or deputy-governors): the first for the Soudan properly so-called, the second for Darfour, and 204 EGYPT AND ABYSSINIA. The letter was in French. t The length of the province is 1640 miles; the breadth is very...