1895-1899
Slatin's escape from the Khalifa (SAD.431/11/1-3); the publication of Slatin's book, Fire and Sword in the Sudan (SAD.431/11/6,10-21,22,32-24); arrangements for a visit to Balmoral (SAD.431/11/21,23-28,46); the military campaigns of the late 1890s and Slatin's desire to be at the battlefront (SAD.431/11/31-32); the success of the military campaign against Mahmud on 14 March 1898 (SAD.431/11/33); Slatin's leave entitlement (SAD.431/11/36-40,42) and his pension (SAD.431/11/50-51); and military intelligence relating to the movements of the Khalifa and other Mahdist leaders (SAD.431/11/41)

1899-1922
Correspondence mainly encompassing the period of Wingate's role as Governor General (1899-1916), covering the many internal difficulties Wingate faced in his position, complaining to Slatin of feeling overworked and the lack of empathy from the Sirdar (SAD.431/11/52); the publication of Fire and Sword in the Sudan (SAD.431/11/53); the Queen's fondness for Slatin (SAD.431/11/55); the death of the Khalifa (SAD.431/11/58); the birth of Wingate's daughter Victoria (SAD.431/11/59); copy letter from Slatin to Wingate concerning Karl Inger (SAD.431/11/60); news of a breakdown in army discipline at Talodi (SAD.431/11/64); A. Wynne re a proposal to make Slatin an honorary Major General in the British Army (SAD.431/11/67); the assassination of the Egyptian Prime Minister Boutros Ghali (SAD.431/11/72-74); Wingate's decision that Bernard should not be appointed acting Governor-General in his absence (SAD.431/11/76); the impossibility of taking over Darfur due to shortage of finance (SAD.431/11/77); Slatin's handling of the visit from President Roosevelt (SAD.431/11/83); the growth of anti-British and nationalist feeling in Egypt (SAD.431/11/83); developments in Somaliland (SAD.431/11/84,86,89); plans for the development of tourism (SAD.431/11/95-96); the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (SAD.431/11/102); and progress of the war (SAD.431/11/106-107). Enclosure:

after 1906
Cutting from a German newspaper concerning a visit by Wingate and Slatin to Karlsbad
Language: German

1921-1931
Sir Reginald's correspondence after his retirement from public service concerns his bitter disappointment at the mistreatment of Slatin by the British establishment and his former colleagues, particularly in relation to Slatin's application for British nationalisation and his own disappointment over the level of his pension (SAD.431/11/111-114); the uncovering of Fothergill as the writer of a Near East article critical of Slatin's character (SAD.431/11/118-119); Wingate, Henry Guillemard of Cambridge University and Slatin, concerning the failed attempt to obtain an honorary degree from Cambridge for the latter (SAD.431/11/120-129); Slatin, Wingate, Dr Bermann and the publishers, Messrs G.F. Putnams concerning Slatin's input into a publication by Dr Bermann on life of the Mahdi (SAD.431/11/130-165); and H.C. Jackson, Slatin and Wingate relating to a proposed film on General Gordon (SAD.431/11/166-170). Enclosure:

[ca. 1921]
Typescript extract from a book by Percy Martin concerning the role of Inspector General of the Sudan

[ca. 1892]
Statuten des Grossherzoglich Sachsen-Weimarischen Erneuerten Ritterordens der Wachsamkeit oder vom Weissen Falken (Weimar)

[ca. 1897]
Pen and ink drawing of the Duke of Mecklenberg-Schwerin

1919 Sep 25 and 1920 Jul 27
Two postcards of Hopewell Hall, Alexandria Bay, N.Y, sent to Slatin by the Penfield family

ca.1910s
Two photographs, possibly of Frederic Penfield

1919
Photograph of unidentified man standing on garden steps

1920
Printed pamphlet: “Scheme for re-establishing economic life of Austria” by Julius Meinl

[ca. 1900s]
Postcards from various places in Italy - Tagliolo and Arenzano

26 Feb 1909
Letter from Pinelli-Figoli to Slatin, mainly social engagements (SAD.437/496/5-6)

26 Jan 1903-18 July 1913
Letters from Paterno-Castello in English, German and French. The English letters refer to social engagements
Language: English, German, French

[c.a.1900s]
Two calling cards

25 Jul 1911 and 31 Dec 1912
Two postcards, one from Tripoli and the other a postcard photograph of a group of army officials, both with German annotation
Language: German

Letters from Prince Francis of Teck to A.J. Bigge, and a reply from Bigge, reporting of Queen Victoria's shock at a rumour that Slatin avows slavery and “takes the side of the master against the slave”, with Slatin's reply to Bigge revealing strong opinions of the “inherent bad qualities of the negro races whom . . . do not deserve to be treated like independent men”

Lord Kitchener to Slatin's fiancée, Alice von Ramberg, congratulating her on her forthcoming marriage to Slatin

Two letters from CA. Willis, relating to life in the Sudan, including news of the Khalifa's family and the Egyptian Nationalists influence among the Gordon College boys (SAD.438/653/7-10); as well as concerns relating to an uprising, and the trial of a new scheme involving the natives completing their own tax assessments (SAD.438/653/11-13

Letter from Sir Derek C. Keppel to Slatin, inviting Slatin to lunch with the King and Queen at Buckingham Palace

Invoice from the War Office in Cairo for telegrams of a private nature (telegrams attached);

Map to show the position of the Mahdi Revolt at the end of February 1891;

Letter from Shaheen George, enclosing an intelligence bag of bracelets, knives and Hijabs;

Letter from Robert W. Felkin, congratulating Slatin on his work in the Sudan and expressing the hope that the Khalifa will either be killed or executed;

Draft telegram from Wingate, relating to Slatin's arrival in England and his resignation from the army;

A rough sketch of a conversion scale from yards to miles;

Letter from Ray W.J. Pease (?), expressing his anger at an artist of the Graphic who defaced his sketch of Slatin and his horse, ‘Plum Pudding’;

Handwritten alphabetical list of Vanity Fair Cartoons for sale

14 Nov 1898-21 Dec 1929
Rough drafts of letters to various people, including a letter from 14 Nov 1898, to Lord Cramner from Slatin (written by Sir Reginald Wingate), thanking Cramner for the award of KCMG (SAD.450/2/1); letters relating to military intelligence in the Sudan (SAD.450/2/2, SAD.450/2/44-45); a number of post WW1 letters to David Lloyd George, Sir Arthur Stanley and Lord Newton relating to aid for Austria and Austrian prisoners of war (SAD.450/2/8-11, SAD.450/2/13, SAD.450/2/15, SAD.450/2/32, SAD.450/2/36, SAD.450/2/39 and SAD.450/2/43); as well as a letter, dated 2 May 1927) in reply to G.W. Grabham on the origins of headgear in the Sudan (SAD.450/2/19);

[ca.1897]
Subject/chapter headings for Slatin's book, Fire and Sword in the Sudan

20 Dec 1897
Programme of Music;

3 Mar 1900
A draft legal agreement between the Governor General of the Sudan and Slatin, granting the latter an exclusive prospecting license within the port of Kordofan;

[ca. 1900s]
Extract from a letter to Queen Victoria (German);
Language: German

[ca. 1914]
Rough draft of a statement by Slatin, in response to the outbreak of war in 1914, and the right to forfeit his pension;

1914
Price list of various items;

10 Apr 1923
Telegram receipt;

28 May 1927
Extract from the diary of Ahmed Sifik Pascha, published in 28 May 1927, with entry dated 26 Dec 1914

3 Sep 1887-4 May 1914
Letters and telegrams from Kitchener, some in French although most in English, relating primarily to Sudanese affairs, including a telegram, dated 12 May 1898, relating to Slatin's leave entitlement (SAD.450/7/6); a letter, dated 9 May 1902, with an evaluation of a report written by Slatin that Kitchener believes “shows some of the difficulties to be met in the administration of the Sudan” (SAD.450/7/7); a letter, dated 11 Jun 1903, in which the Sirdar expresses his hope the Suakin-Berber line will be a success, although believing that a train line from Suakin to Khartoum, via Kassala, would “open up a lot of new country and be I think easier to make” (SAD.450/7/9); letters relating to land tenure in the Sudan dated 21 Mar 1912 (SAD.450/7/14); the hunting of Grey antelope and Rhino, dated 25 Mar 1913 and 8 April (no year) (SAD.450/7/17 and SAD.450/7/20); Kitchener's negative opinion of the Sudanese workforce dated 3 May (no year) (SAD.450/7/21); and the refusal of Kitchener to agree to a request from the French to allow Colonel Julian to pass through Darfur to take up his command at Wadai dated 13 Jun (no year) (SAD.450/7/23), as well as correspondence to Kitchener, including two telegrams from 1897 congratulating the Sirdar on his victory and military success at Omdurman, and one purporting to be from Slatin Ruidle (?) to Kitchener, likely to be a hoax, with disparaging comments (SAD.450/7/3) ; as well as a letter from A.H. Joyce to Kitchener, dated 25 Sep 1912, relating to the difficulties of Oxford University in conferring an honorary degree on Slatin (SAD.450/7/16);
Language: English, French

5 Oct
Dinner invitation from Kitchener to Slatin;

[ca. 1890s]
Two signatures of Kitchener's

[ ca. 1890s]
Written diary entries with reference to events in the provinces of the Sudan (mostly German);
Language: German, English

16 Nov 1895
Letter to the Assistant Director of Military Intelligence from Slatin, with a report on the reorganisation of the bureau;

3 Oct 1897
Special Orders from Major Talbot, relating to a Field Manoeuvre to be held on 8 Oct;

4 Sep 1898-5 Sep 1898
Military operations relating to the Battle of Omdurman, chiefly British and Egyptian troop locations and a rough plan of the formation of attack;

8 Apr 1898
Report of the Battle of Atbara, and a list of officers wounded or killed;

28 Mar 1899
Report of the Council of Ministers (French);
Language: French

23 Aug 1899
Letter from Yusif Mansur, in reply to an article in the Muayad, in which it was claimed by Slatin in his book, Fire and Sword in the Sudan that Mansur was a traitor to the Government by communicating with the Mahdi;

4 Sep 1899
Letter from Major Shoucair (?), relating to events in Sudan, including a misunderstanding involving Colonel Wingate and the Dongola and Omdurman Expeditions, the locations of Colonel Talbot, the SIrdar, the expedition against the Khalifa and the occupation of Kodorfan and Darfur, as well as news of Ali Dinar;

6 Aug 1905
Letter from Grant Smith, relating to rainfall conditions in the Blue Nile Province, a dispute between the Tarraf people and the people of Sheikh el-Tayeb Abd-el-Salam Omda, and news of the victory of Ali Dinar's forces against the Massaleet Sheikh;

1908
Letters and telegrams relating to the commutation of deaths sentences for those involved in the Abel al-Qadir Imam Muhammed wad Habuba Rebellion of 1908, including a telegram from Bonham Carter to Slatin resigning in protest against the death sentences, and reply from Slatin with the same intention (SAD.451/124/59-60); a letter from Slatin to Hakinam complaining of the decision to proceed without consultation, and a reply from Hakinam accepting responsibility (SAD.451/124/61-34); as wellas a letter from Slatin to Wingate withdrawing his resignation but expressing his bitterness at Wingate's stance on the matter, with a reply from Wingate justifying his decision (SAD.451/124/65-66);

15 Nov 1908
Leaflet from Reuter's Telegrams, with a list of Sudan honours, including reference to Slatin and Wingate's KCMG award;

24 Mar 1909
Letter from the Civil Secretary of the Sudan Government to the Inspector General, forwarding a letter from Eldon Gorst to Wingate, relating to the latter's report of the Sudan for 1908, and including an attached memorandum issued to the governors of each province for their remarks on a number of issues raised in the report;

3 May 1909
Letter from Kaimakam, Assistant Director of Intelligence, to the Inspector General, relating to cipher amendments;

18 Feb 1909-10 Jun 1909
Papers relating to the Somaliland Mission, including a memorandum, dated 18 Feb 1909, of an interview with Dervish Hirsi Koshin, in which Koshin relays information on the plans of the Mullah and his desire for peace with the British Government (SAD.451/124/75-79); a letter to Slatin from (author unknown), relating to the fate of four men, Kahin Hirsi, Farrah Awala, Abdulla Birali and Nur Ismail who were imprisoned for making a complaint against Ahmed Sherni, enclosing an interview with the four men and a further letter from G.G. Gilligan, the political officer at Camp Sheikh, to HM Commissioner, who believes the men in question are not part of the Akhil tribe and should not be pardoned (SAD.451/124/80-87); a précis of a petition from Adam of the Mohmad Gerah tribe relating to the persecution of the Somali people by the Somali officials (SAD.451/124/88); a letter from C.E. Dansey to HM Commissioner, dated 6 Jun 1909, relating to the lack of truth in complaints made by the Gadwein headmen against the Illaloes (SAD.451/124/89-90); rough draft of a letter (likely to be from Slatin), in which the motivations for the Mullah's desire for peace are questioned (SAD.451/124/91); various rough notes on Somali affairs and tribal grievances (SAD.451/124/92-119); as well as lists of the names of Akils in the various provinces (SAD.451/124/120-125);

5 Mar 1913-27 Jun 1914
Papers relating to Slatin's financial accounts, including two letters from the Intelligence Department and various financial statements;

22 Jun 1914
Copy of the Sudan Intelligence Report, No. 238 (May 1914);

20 Jul 1914
Official memorandum from the Assistant Director of Intelligence to the Inspector General, relating to information from El-Omda Hassan Khalifa on the consequences of a famine in Kordofan;

25 Jul 1914
Official memorandum from the Assistant Director of Intelligence to the Inspector General, relating to reports of raids involving the Anuaks and the Beirs;

22 Dec 1920
Letter from the Department of Ordnance Services to Slatin, confirming a list of items they have stored on Slatin's behalf;

10 Mar 1921
Letter from the Financial Secretary of the Army Finance Department to Slatin, referring to a collection for a belated wedding present for Slatin, including a list of subscribers;

3 Nov 1921
Letter from the Advocate General to Slatin, relating to a china figure of a rifleman held in the care of Stanislas Skirmunt;

24 Nov 1926
Copy of an article on the life of Slatin, published in Hadarat El Sudan Issue, No. 521, dated 24 Nov 1926;

[ca. 1890s]
Expense account statement;

[ca. 1900s]
Rough jottings on Sudanese provinces;

[ca. 1912]
Letter from Slatin to E.R. Becker (German);
Language: German

[ca. 1920s]
List of names (likely to be a seating plan);

[ca. 1920s]
Various letters and rough notes (German);
Language: German

[ca. 1890s]
Photograph of Slatin

28 Feb 1894-30 Jun 1927
Letters from various correspondents in German and English. The English correspondence include a translation of a letter written by the Khalifa Abdullahi to Slatin Pasha, in reply to a letter addressed to him by Slatin some days after his arrival in Cairo from Ombdurman, in which the Khalifa is pleased to hear that Slatin still adheres to the Islamic Faith and that he should take “the necessary stratagem” to infiltrate the “infidels” and put them at a disadvantage, with an annotation stating that Slatin's original letter to the Khalifa was written “more in jest” than in seriousness in attempting to trick the Khalifa into believing that he was still a Mahdist “in order that the servants he had been obliged to leave behind him in Ombdurman might not be ill-treated ” (SAD.452/302/2); letters from Sir James Reid to Slatin, including a letter in Sept 1898 congratulating Slatin on his role in the capture of Omdurman and commiserating him on his failure to catch the Khalifa, which would have been a “most striking psychological moment”, and the desire of the Queen for Slatin to write a full account of the battle (SAD.452/302/3); and a letter dated 16 Jan 1899 from Reid expressing his disappointment with the stubborn attitude of the authorities over Slatin's pension (SAD.452/302/5); a telegram from J.K. Watson informing Slatin that he has killed the Khalifa (SAD.452/302/9); as well as rough drafts of letters written by Slatin (SAD.452/302/22-26);
Language: German, English

1909-1929
Four newspaper cuttings, two in German. English cuttings relate to a meeting in Stockholm between Slatin and a representative of the American Embassy in Petrograd in 1917, to discuss the campaign to provide relief for the Austrian prisoners of war (SAD.452/302/29), as well as a report of a dinner held in honour of Slatin in Omdurman in 1926 (SAD.452/302/30);
Language: German, English

Mar 1895
General Report on the Egyptian Sudan, complied by statements made by Slatin Pasha;

[ca. 1920s]
Rough notes of a paper entitled “What is the general situation in the Sudan - the progress and future of the country?”;

18 Sep 1906 and Aug 1908
Two picture postcards, from Hirschberggipfel and Volosca;

13 Sep
Postcard photograph of Mary, Princess of Hanover;

2 Feb 1896-8 Sep 1926
Envelopes

5 Jul 1899-5 Sep 1927
Invitations, some with seating plans, menus and orders of service for various functions;

[ca. 2 Jan 1890-11 Dec 1928]
Postcards and greetings cards from friends and acquaintances;

[ca. 1899-1925]
Photographs, mostly portrait, of friends and acquaintances;

17 Apr 1916 and 16 May 1927
Two diplomatic passports;

30 Aug 1919
Excerpts from letters addressed to U. Grant Smith from Slatin, mainly concerning family news and holidays;

10 Sept 1895-29 Apr 1940
Letters collected by Slatin's daughter, with some written by Slatin, mostly in German, with excerpts from letters written in English from Slatin, mostly social engagements and visiting arrangements, but including references to a cholera outbreak in Egypt in an excerpt dated 17 Dec 1902 (SAD.452/358/104), and the presentation to Slatin of the Cross of Comthur de l'Odre Royal du Lion from the King of Belgium in an excerpt dated 16 Oct 1895 (SAD.452/358/105); as well as letters written about Slatin after his death referring to his former correspondence, including a letter from B. Wilson, dated 14 Feb 1940, relating to information about Slatin's correspondence with Edward Tuck for a biography of Slatin (SAD.452/358/107), a letter written by Kurt Baier, dated 14 Mar 1940, relating to the translation of Slatin's correspondence (SAD.452/358/108), and a letter written by U. Grant Smith, dated 29 Apr 1940, with information about his friendship with Slatin and offering to provide Slatin's daughter with several photographs (SAD.452/358/110);

10 Jul 1905
Letter from Arthur Davidson, on behalf of King Edward VII, stating that the King will not be able to see Slatin before his departure;

6 Sep 1927
Letter from the Austrian Legation (German);
Language: German