SLATIN

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.TranscriptionErwarte Sie mit Ihrer werthen Frau Gemahlin morgen zum Lunch und hoffe daß Sie meine frühere Einladung nicht vergessen haben.TranslationI expect you and your esteemed wife to join me for lunch tomorrow and hope that you have not forgotten my earlier invitation.