Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa: Being a Journal of an Expedition Undertaken Under the Auspices of H.B.M.'s Government, in the Years 1849-1855, Volume 3 |
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... king , to the British government , as I was sure that , in their desire to elucidate the history and geography of these regions , this would be an ac- ceptable present . The vizier , in particular , took great interest in my enterprise ...
... king , to the British government , as I was sure that , in their desire to elucidate the history and geography of these regions , this would be an ac- ceptable present . The vizier , in particular , took great interest in my enterprise ...
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... king , with his whole host of courtiers and his numerous army , fled through the eastern gate while the enemy was entering the west- ern one , and the populous place was delivered up to all the hor- rors accompanying the sacking of a ...
... king , with his whole host of courtiers and his numerous army , fled through the eastern gate while the enemy was entering the west- ern one , and the populous place was delivered up to all the hor- rors accompanying the sacking of a ...
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... king Edrís Alawóma , who forced the Tebú settled in the northern districts of Kánem to emigrate into Bórnu . In con- nection with the latter wide - spread nation , my informant described the Túra ( whose chief is called Dírkemá , being ...
... king Edrís Alawóma , who forced the Tebú settled in the northern districts of Kánem to emigrate into Bórnu . In con- nection with the latter wide - spread nation , my informant described the Túra ( whose chief is called Dírkemá , being ...
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... King ' Alí Ghajidéni , toward the end of the fifteenth century , after the dynasty had been driven from its ancient seats in Kánem , and , after a desperate struggle between unsettled ele- ments , began to concentrate itself under the ...
... King ' Alí Ghajidéni , toward the end of the fifteenth century , after the dynasty had been driven from its ancient seats in Kánem , and , after a desperate struggle between unsettled ele- ments , began to concentrate itself under the ...
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... kings , appeared as a miracle ) which caused the report that in Ghámbarú and Ghasr - éggomo there were buildings of the time of the Christians . RUINS . THE KOMADUGU . 31 serves , moreover ,. 30 TRAVELS IN AFRICA . Bird's-eye View of ...
... kings , appeared as a miracle ) which caused the report that in Ghámbarú and Ghasr - éggomo there were buildings of the time of the Christians . RUINS . THE KOMADUGU . 31 serves , moreover ,. 30 TRAVELS IN AFRICA . Bird's-eye View of ...
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