A Siege of Khartoum 2500 Piastres Bank note. 1884, P-S109, with facsimile signature of General Gordon lower right in 1884 General Charles Gordon Was Sent by the British Government to Assist in the Evacuation of the city of Khartoum in the Sudan which Was under Threat from a religious movement Led by the Mahdi. During the Siege General Gordon RAN out of Funds and Was Forced to print Temporary Currency in Order to Pay His Troops.