!!!Slatin, Rudolf Karl

Slatin, Rudolf Karl, b. Ober-St.-Veit near Vienna, June 7, 1857, 
d. Vienna, Oct. 4, 1932, explorer, Anglo-Egyptian general, known 
as S. Pasha; 1878 called to Egypt by Gordon Pasha (military governor 
of Darfur province in Sudan), during his years of service travelled 
the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and acquired in-depth knowledge of that area. 
After heavy fights taken prisoner by the Mahdists 1883 and only 
succeeded in escaping 1895 at considerable risk to his life. 1900-1914 
British inspector general in Sudan. As Austrian lieutenant in World 
War I was in charge of Austrian Red Cross activities for prisoners of 
war.

!Literature
G. Brook-Shepherd, Slatin Pascha, 1972; H. A. 
Vogelsberger, Slatin Pascha. Zw. Wuestensand und Koenigskronen, 1992.


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