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Freiherr von Rudolf Carl Slatin
1857–1932
An Austrian soldier and explorer who became famous as Slatin Pasha, he spent years in Sudan as a provincial governor, survived more than a decade in captivity under the Mahdist state, and later turned that extraordinary experience into a widely read memoir.
3 Audiobooks
Fire and Sword in the Sudan
by Freiherr von Rudolf Carl Slatin
Fer et feu au Soudan, vol. 2 of 2
by Freiherr von Rudolf Carl Slatin
Fer et feu au Soudan, vol. 1 of 2
by Freiherr von Rudolf Carl Slatin
About the author
Born in Vienna in 1857, Rudolf Carl von Slatin was drawn to adventure early and made his way to northeastern Africa while still a young man. In Egyptian service, he rose quickly and became governor of Darfur, earning the title by which many readers know him: Slatin Pasha.
His life changed dramatically during the Mahdist uprising in Sudan. After long resistance, he was captured and spent about eleven years in captivity before escaping in 1895. His account of those years, published in English as Fire and Sword in the Sudan, helped make him one of the best-known European witnesses to that period.
After his escape, he remained involved in Sudanese affairs and later served in public and military roles connected with Britain and Austria. He died in 1932, remembered both for his unusual career on the imperial frontier and for the vivid record he left of war, imprisonment, and survival.