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Charles George Gordon

1833–1885 · 19th century · Also known as Gordon of Khartoum, Chinese Gordon

Charles George Gordon was a British army officer who commanded the Ever Victorious Army against the Taiping in China. As governor-general of the Sudan for the Khedivate of Egypt from 1877 to 1879 he campaigned against the slave trade. Sent back in 1884 to evacuate Khartoum, he was besieged by the Mahdist forces and killed when the city fell in January 1885.

Charles George Gordon
Image: Geruzet Frères - Belgian (active c. 1870-1889) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Mentioned in 2 state histories

Turco-Egyptian SudanMahdist State

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