Chapter XXV

EMIN PASHA, GOVERNOR OF THE SOUDANESE PROVINCES.

SKETCH OF HIS EARLY LIFE -- HIS REAL NAME -- A SILESIAN BY BIRTH
-- STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BRESLAU -- BECOMES A PHYSICIAN --
GOES TO TURKEY, AND THENCE TO ANTIVARI AND SCUTARI -- ATTACHED TO
THE COURT OF VALIS ISMAEL PASHA HAGGI -- RETURNS HOME 1873 -- IN
1875 GOES TO EGYPT -- ENTERS THE EGYPTIAN SERVICE AS “DR. EMIN
EFFENDI” -- MEETS WITH GENERAL GORDON -- RECEIVES THE POST OF
COMMANDER OF LADO, TOGETHER WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE EQUATORIAL
PROVINCE -- DEATH OF GENERAL GORDON AND RETREAT OF LORD
WOLSELEY’S ARMY -- BECOMES DEPENDENT UPON HIS OWN RESOURCES AFTER
ALL COMMUNICATION WITH THE EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT IS CUT OFF --
ENCOMPASSED BY HOSTILE TRIBES, IS LOST TO THE REST OF THE WORLD
-- A RESUME OF WHAT HE EFFECTED IN HIS ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC
AFFAIRS -- HIS DIARY -- EXTRACTS SENT TO FRIENDS -- INSURRECTION,
AND INVASION OF THE PROVINCE BY THE MAHDI’S FORCES -- HIS
POSITION VERY CRITICAL -- EXCITES THE SYMPATHY OF THE WHOLE WORLD 446