The Mahdists call the Egyptians Turks and are carrying on a war with them, but among the local Arabs can be found a considerable number of adherents of the Mahdi, who would willingly join him.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Stas went at it willingly, hoping in the first place that the powerful English powder at the first shot would burst the old Arabian rifle to pieces, and, again, that he might be able to hide a few cartridges.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
It was a confession he would not willingly have made to Collingwood; it was the woman in him crying out to the woman.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee