Ismailïa A Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade Organized by Ismail, Khedive of Egypt

Sir Samuel White Baker (1821–1893) was a traveller and explorer. This two-volume work of 1874 is his account of a military expedition under Ismail Pasha (Ismail the Magnificent, 1830–1895), Khedive of Egypt, to suppress the slave-trade of central Africa between 1869 and 1873. Having found Egyptian citizens exploiting the population of the lawless central lands, Ismail determined to colonize and modernize the Nile basin (now southern Egypt and Sudan). He appointed Baker governor-general and major-general in the Ottoman army. Illustrated with over 50 plates and maps, and with Baker's lively observations of the country and of the society he was trying to reform, this book is a wonderful record of a lost world, and of an important stage in late Ottoman military expansion. In the second volume Baker continues the story of his mixed military successes in the south, and assesses his achievements in Africa.

1. The advance south; 2. The advance to Loboré; 3. Arrival at Fatiko; 4. The march to Unyoro; 5. March to Masindi; 6. Restoration of the liberated slaves; 7. Establish commerce; 8. Treachery; 9. The march to Rionga; 10. Build a stockade at Foweera; 11. No medical men; 12. I send to Gondokoro for reinforcements; 13. Arrival of M'Tésé's envoys; 14. Conclusion; Appendix; Index.

The detailed account of a military expedition ordered by Ismail Pasha, Ottoman ruler of Egypt, to suppress the slave trade of Central Africa between 1869 and 1873. In the second volume Baker continues the story of his mixed military successes in the south, and assesses his achievements in Africa.