Slatin, Rudolf Karl, Baron von
- Slatin, Rudolf Karl, Baron von
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▪ governor of The Sudan
also called Slatin Pasha
born June 7, 1857, near Vienna, Austria
died Oct. 4, 1932, Vienna
Austrian soldier in the service of England in the Sudan, famous for his imprisonment by the Mahdists (
Mahdist) (religious and nationalist revolutionaries in the Sudan) and his subsequent escape. His nearly 40 years in the Sudan indelibly influenced its development.
Slatin first came to the Sudan in 1874 and was made governor of Darfur province (in western Sudan) in 1881, a year before the Mahdist revolution began. Though Slatin fought with determination (even converting to Islām to improve the morale of his Sudanese troops), he was forced to surrender at the end of 1883 and was held prisoner while the Mahdists controlled the country.
He escaped in 1895 and was made a pasha (the highest rank in the Egyptian court) by the khedive (Ottoman viceroy) of Egypt. His book, Feuer und Schwert im Sudan, 2 vol. (1896, 1922; “Fire and Sword in the Sudan”), was instrumental in enlisting support against the Mahdists. After serving with Lord Kitchener (1897–98) in the reconquest of the Sudan, he was named inspector general of the Sudan in 1900 and served there until 1914.
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