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  • Lot# : 588 Sudan

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    1897: Autographed letter sheet to a Mrs. Talbot Kelly accepting an invitation to dine in Vienna, signed at base "R. Slatin"; together with a 1918 postcard to Madama Blacque Bey (wife of the Turkish Ambassador to Austria) signed "Affectionately Alice Slatin". Sir Rudolph Slatin Pasha C.B., K.C.M.G., was Governor of Darfur Province from 1881 until in May 1883 he fought an unsuccessful battle against the Mahdi. He lost nearly all of his 8'500 troops and he was taken prisoner. On the Mahdi's death, the Khalifa continued Slatin's imprisonment until, in 1895 he escaped from Omdurman. His experiences are related in 'Fire & Sword in the Sudan' (1896), the book being illustrated by Talbot Kelly. Slatin Pasha and Alice (Baroness von Ramberg) married in Vienna in 1914.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold