Under the Rebel's Reign

Charles (Karl) Neufeld (1856-1918) was a merchant, born in Prussia. He was captured by the Mahdists in Sudan in 1885 after a failed business venture, and was held captive there for thirteen years. At the Battle of Omdurman, in 1898, General Sir Kitchener defeated the army of Abdullah al-Taashi, the successor to the self-proclaimed Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad, and released Neufeld and thirty other prisoners from heavy chains. He is mentioned in The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of t