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Freiherr von Rudolf Carl Slatin
1857–1932
Austrian-born soldier, explorer, and administrator who became famous as "Slatin Pasha," he spent years in Sudan, survived long captivity during the Mahdist uprising, and later wrote a vivid memoir of the experience.
3 Audiobooks
Fire and Sword in the Sudan A Personal Narrative of Fighting and Serving the Dervishes 1879-1895
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
Drawn to Africa while still very young, he traveled to Sudan in the 1870s and entered Egyptian service there. He went on to serve as governor in Darfur, building a reputation for endurance and local knowledge during a turbulent period in northeast African history.
His life changed dramatically in 1883, when Mahdist forces overran the region and he was taken captive. After years of imprisonment, he escaped in 1895, and his story made him widely known in Britain and Europe. He later described these experiences in Fire and Sword in the Sudan, a firsthand account that helped shape how many readers understood the conflict.
In the years that followed, he worked closely with British and Egyptian authorities in Sudan and remained an important public figure connected with the region. Remembered as both a soldier-administrator and a memoirist, he left behind a life story filled with danger, politics, and extraordinary resilience.