Mahdi Collection

Sirdars Palace (Site of General Gordons Death) and Shoebill Stork, Khartoum, c1930s
Sirdars Palace (on Site of General Gordons Heroic Death) - On Lawn, Shoebill Stork, Africas Rarest Bird, Khartoum, Alglo Egyptian Sudan, c1930s

The Mahdi, c1885
The Mahdi, c1880. Muhammad Ahmad bin Abd Allah, (1844-1885), religious leader of Sudan. From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. IV, by James Grant

Warriors of the Mahdi, c1885. Episode of the Mahdist War (1881-1899). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. IV, by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris & Melbourne, c1880]

The ruins of the Mahdis tomb in Omdurman, Sudan, c1898. Artist: Newton & Co
The ruins of the Mahdis tomb in Omdurman, Sudan, c1898. Muhammad Ahmad bin Abd Allah (1844-1885) was a Sudanese Muslim leader who, in 1881, proclaimed himself the Mahdi

The tomb of the Mahdi at Omdurman, Sudan, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The tomb of the Mahdi at Omdurman, Sudan, 1905. The tomb [before us is] a low, roofless building with arched windows, surrounded by a court with an arched door on the right

Recess in the reception room of Mufti Sheik El Mahadis house, Cairo, 1873. Artist: Frank Dillon
Recess in the reception room of Mufti Sheik El Mahadis house, Cairo, 1873. Found in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London

The Mahdi, rebel against Egyptian rule in the Sudan, c1885. Mohammed Ahmed (1848-1885), known as the Mahdi (the expected one) was a charismatic former local government officer who, beginning in 1882

My Boys!, 1885. Artist: Joseph Swain
My Boys!, 1885. The British Lion watches with pride the young troops sent to help Britain by Australia, Canada and New Zealand

Why Should England Wait?, 1884. John Bull, the representative of the British people, urges the Liberal Prime Minister, Gladstone, to unmuzzle the British Lion

Getting a Lift, 1884. Across the crocodile infested waters of the Egyptian difficulty, General Gordon can be seen wading with the Liberal Prime Minister, Gladstone, perched on his back

The Beast of Burden, 1884. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Beast of Burden, 1884. John Bull is depicted trying to persuade the camel representing Egypt and laden with political issues, to move, whilst France offers to take over the task

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