{"product_id":"2940015586527","title":"Fire and Sword in the Sudan. A Personal Narrative of Fighting and Serving the Dervishes. 1879-1895.","description":"Fire and Sword in the Sudan. A Personal Narrative of Fighting and Serving the Dervishes. 1879-1895 by Rudolf C. Slatin Pasha, C.B., Colonel in the Egyptian Army (Intelligence Dept.); Formerly Governor and Commandant of the Troops in Darfur; Translated by Major F. R. Wingate, C.B., D.S.O., R.A., Director of Military Intelligence, Egyptian Army; Author of “Mahdism and the Egyptian Sudan,” “Ten Years’ Captivity in the Mahdi’s Camp,” etc.; Illustrated by R. Talbot Kelly, R.B.A.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCopyright, 1896\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003eDedication\u003cbr\u003ePreface.\u003cbr\u003eIntroductory Note by Father Don Joseph Ohrwalder, Late Priest of the Austrian Mission Station at Delen, in Kordofan, and for Ten Years a Captive in the Mahdi’s Camp.\u003cbr\u003eTranslator’s Note.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Introductory.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Residence in Darfur, and Early History of the Province.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. The Government of Darfur.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. The Khalifa’s Personal Account of the Rise of the Mahdi.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Spread of the Revolt in Southern Darfur.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. The Siege and Fall of El Obeid.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. Vain Efforts to Stem the Tide of Mahdism in Darfur.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. Hicks Pasha’s Expedition.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. The Fall of Darfur.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. The Siege and Fall of Khartum.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11. Early Rule of Khalifa Abdullahi.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12. Events in Various Parts of the Sudan.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 13. The Abyssinian Campaign.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 14. Mahdist Occupation of the Southern Provinces.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 15. Dissension and Discord.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 16. Miscellaneous Remarks.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 17. Miscellaneous Remarks (Continued).\u003cbr\u003eChapter 18. Plans for Escape.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 19. My Flight.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 20. Conclusion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrompted by the earnest entreaties of my friends rather than by any wish of my own to relate my experiences, I have written these chapters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe few months which have elapsed since my escape have been so much occupied in resuming my official duties, compiling reports, and satisfying the kindly interest displayed by a large number of people in my strange fate, that any attempt at quiet and steady literary work has been almost impossible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring my captivity I was unable to make any notes or keep any diaries; in writing, therefore, the following pages, I have been dependent entirely on my memory, whilst the whirl of the busy European world and the constant interruptions to which I have alluded, have given me little time to collect my scattered thoughts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen, therefore, after having been debarred for so many years from intercourse with outside affairs, and entirely out of practice in writing down my ideas, I find myself urged to lose no time in publishing an account of my adventures, I must beg my readers to excuse the many defects they may notice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy experiences have no pretence to being of any literary or scientific value, and the personal episodes I have described can lay claim to little importance; I have merely attempted to give to those interested in Sudan affairs a true and faithful account of my life whilst fighting and serving the Mahdists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRUDOLF SLATIN.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLONDON, October, 1895. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslator’s Note.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn preparing the edition in English of Slatin Pasha’s experiences in the Sudan, I have followed the system adopted in Father Ohrwalder’s “Ten Years’ Captivity in the Mahdi’s Camp.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eF. R. WINGATE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLONDON, October, 1895.","brand":"Denise Henry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47069572366576,"sku":"2940015586527","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015586527","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}