Emin Pasha (1840-1892),German physician and explorer. Born Isaak Eduard Schnitzer,he took the name Mehmet Emin in the 1870s,and the title 'Pasha' was conferred on him in 1886. Emin,who spoke several languages,worked and travelled in Albania and the Ottoman Empire,before settling in the Egyptian province of Equatoria in what is now the Sudan. In 1878,he was appointed Bey (governor) of the province but this ended following a revolt. He was murdered while on an expedition for the German East Africa Company. Artwork from the 5th volume (first period of 1890) of the French popular science weekly 'La Science Illustree' | |
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