Charles George Gordon
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Major-General Charles George Gordon CB, also known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, Gordon of Khartoum and General Gordon, was a British Army officer and administrator. He saw action in the Crimean Wa
Gordon between 1878 and 1885
Gordon, from a photograph taken shortly after the Crimean War.
A scene of the Taiping Rebellion. Estimates of the war dead from the Taiping Rebellion range from 20 to 70 million to as high as 100 million.
General Gordon in Egyptian uniform.
Siege of Khartoum
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The siege of Khartoum took place from 13 March 1884 to 26 January 1885. Sudanese Mahdist forces captured the city of Khartoum, Sudan, from its Egyptian garrison, thereby gaining control over the whole
Charles George Gordon
…Kordofan and Ahmad invited Gordon to convert to Islam and join him, which Gordon declined. Besieged by the Ahmad's forces, Gordon organised a citywide defence that lasted for almost a year. This gained him the admiration of the British public, but not of the government, which had not wanted him to become entrenched there. Only when public…
Portrayal of Gordon's death by George W. Joy
Muhammad Ahmad, the self-proclaimed Mahdi
Death of General Gordon at Khartoum