Gordon, Charles George: letter (1884)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0096 AL134
Held at	: Senate House Library, University of London   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.senatehouselibrary.ac.uk/our-collections ›
Full title	: Gordon, Charles George: letter (1884)
Date(s)	: 1884
Level of description	: fonds
Extent	: 2 sheets
Name of creator(s)	: Gordon | Charles George | 1833-1885 | Major-General | British army officer and administrator x Gordon of Khartoum

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Charles George Gordon was born in Woolwich, Kent, and educated at the Royal Military Academy there. He was commissioned as an army officer in 1852. He took part in the Crimean War and served in China for several years, but is best known for his service in Sudan in the 1870 and 1880s. He became Governor General of Sudan in 1874. He was killed when Khartoum was captured by forces of the Mahdi, Muhammad Ahmad, after a siege of 317 days; at the time of his death he held the rank of major-general. His nicknames 'Chinese Gordon' and 'Gordon of Khartoum' were derived from the places with which he was most associated in the public imagination.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Letter from Charles George Gordon of Khartoum, [Sudan] to the Mudir [Governor] of Dongola, 22 Jun 1884. Indicating the state of affairs at Khartoum and asking for news of the relieving force. The letter appears to be more a record of a few spoken sentences than a connected message. A transcription of the Arabic into Latin script and two different translations into English are filed with the original.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
ArabicEnglish

System of arrangement:

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Conditions governing access:

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Conditions governing reproduction:

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Finding aids:

Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.

Archival Information

Archival history:

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Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented by Colonel Neville Brooke, DSO, Establishment Officer of the University of London (1933).

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Anya Turner.

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
July 2008