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Fire and sword in the Sudan, a personal narrative of fighting and serving the dervishes. 1879-1895 / By Rudolf C. Slatin, pasha ... Tr. by Major F.R. Wingate ... Illustrated by R. Talbot Kelly, R.B.A.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia 1896 Slatin
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Slatin, Rudolf Carl, Freiherr von, 1857-1932.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sudan--History.
- Sudan.
- History.
- Genre:
- Gold tooled bindings (Binding) -- 1896.
- Pictorial cloth bindings (Binding) -- 1896.
- Physical Description:
- xviii pages, 1 leaf, 636 pages : frontispiece, plates, portraits, folded map, folded plan. ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : E. Arnold, 1896.
- Contents:
- Introductory
- Residence in Darfur, and early history of the province
- The government of Darfur
- The Khalifa's personal account of the rise of the Mahdi
- Spread of the revolt in southern Darfur
- The siege and fall of El Obeid
- Vain efforts to stem the tide of Mahdism in Darfur
- Hicks Pasha's expedition
- The fall of Darfur
- The siege and fall of Khartum
- Early rule of Khalifa Abdullahi
- Events in various parts of the Sudan
- The Abyssinian campaign
- Mahdist occupation of the southern provinces
- Dissension and discord
- Miscellaneous remarks
- Plans for escape
- My flight
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Contains index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Bound in green cloth with image of men riding camels in gold on front cover. Text in gold on spine.
- Athenaeum copy: Livezey Fund bookplate.
- Athenaeum copy: Stamped on title page: "Received May 12 1896."
- OCLC:
- 395181
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