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SIGNED PHOTO OF THE ADMINISTER IN THE SUDAN WHO SERVED UNDER GENERAL GORDON
SLATIN
(Baron Rudolf Carl von, 1857-1932, Austrian Soldier who served under General Gordon in the Sudan, Governor of Darfur, Inspector General of the Sudan from 1900 to 1914 and President of the Austrian Red Cross)
Fine cabinet photo by Dr Székely of Vienna signed and dated
showing him three quarters length standing with one hand in his pocket looking to one side, wearing a tail coat, he sports a fine waxed moustache, 8 x 4, no place, 20th October
Item Date: 1899
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Background
Slatin Pasha, the Anglo Austrian administrator in the Sudan, having surrendered to the Mahdi and been used to try to make Gordon surrender Khartoum, was imprisoned for 11 years. On the morning of January 26th 1885 after the fall of Khartoum he was shown the severed head of Gordon. It was not until after Sir Reginald Wingate enabled his escape in 1895 that he wrote his famous work Fire and Sword in the Sudan, 1896, sub-titled a personal narrative of fighting and serving the dervishes. He was honoured by Queen Victoria.
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