# Mr. Kökényesdi — The Slaves of the Padishah character guide

> Mr. Kökényesdi in The Slaves of the Padishah by Mór Jókai.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Kökényesdi, Master Kökényesdi

**First appearance:** 0001-the-slaves-of-the-padishah

## Snapshot

A respectable farmer in Vásárhely who is also the elusive outlaw haunting Mármaros, always one leap ahead of the county's pursuers.

## Who they are

By day Kökényesdi is a worthy, well-to-do man tossing his own hay until his palms sweat; by night he is the phantom the counties cannot catch, producing unimpeachable alibis whenever accused. He lets himself be chased to the Turkish frontier, then calmly dismounts, looses his horse to graze, and lies down on his bunda within sight of his pursuers, knowing they dare not follow past Lippa. His double life embodies the borderland's lawlessness and the thin line between honest subject and hunted rebel.

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