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Major-General Charles George Gordon (1833 - 1885), also known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, and Gordon of Khartoum - British Army officer and administrator. He saw action in the Crimean War as an officer in the British Army. However, he made his military reputation in China, where he was placed in command of the "Ever Victorious Army", a force of Chinese soldiers led by European officers which was instrumental in putting down the Taiping Rebellion, regularly defeating much larger forces. For these accomplishments, he was given the nickname "Chinese Gordon" and honours from both the Emperor of China and the British. He entered the service of the Khedive of Egypt in 1873 (with British government approval) and later became the Governor-General of the Sudan, where he did much to suppress revolts and the local slave trade. He then resigned and returned to Europe in 1880. He was killed by supporters of Muhammed Ahmed, the Mahdi, a rebel against Egyptian rule in the country. In the morning on january 26, 1885, 50,000 Mahdists launched an attack, storming Khartum around 3:00 a.m. Gordon was mistakenly shot dead by a Mahdist, presumably in the governor's palace. Wood engraving based on a photograph, published in 1892.