The Life and Times of Menelik II: Ethiopia 1844-1913 |
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... talers in cash , 600 mules and horses with tack trimmed in silver and gold , and first quality shammas worth about 80,000 talers ; and the following May , 10,000 talers , 30,000 duallas of grain , 10,000 cows , 2,000 measures of flour ...
... talers in cash , 600 mules and horses with tack trimmed in silver and gold , and first quality shammas worth about 80,000 talers ; and the following May , 10,000 talers , 30,000 duallas of grain , 10,000 cows , 2,000 measures of flour ...
Page 191
... talers , excluding the 200,000 talers in import duties paid at Dire Dawa . At the utmost southern and eastern Ethiopia provided the central treasury with about 1,351,500 talers . In no way can this figure be regarded as Menelik's total ...
... talers , excluding the 200,000 talers in import duties paid at Dire Dawa . At the utmost southern and eastern Ethiopia provided the central treasury with about 1,351,500 talers . In no way can this figure be regarded as Menelik's total ...
Page 222
... talers per month , and the two Arab bosses 90 and 100 talers respectively . The wages of an ordinary watchman ( zabañña ) were half a taler monthly until 1916 , when wages were raised to 1 talers , and from 2 metres of cloth before 1916 ...
... talers per month , and the two Arab bosses 90 and 100 talers respectively . The wages of an ordinary watchman ( zabañña ) were half a taler monthly until 1916 , when wages were raised to 1 talers , and from 2 metres of cloth before 1916 ...
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