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 4Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1858 - Africa, Central |
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... Observations on the History of Songhay and Tim- búktu 406 -- A'hmed Bábá , the Historian . - His Authority . — Origin of Timbúktu . — Form of Name . - Sonni ' Alí . Háj Mohammed A'skíá . Condition of Songhay Empire . - List of Provinces ...
... Observations on the History of Songhay and Tim- búktu 406 -- A'hmed Bábá , the Historian . - His Authority . — Origin of Timbúktu . — Form of Name . - Sonni ' Alí . Háj Mohammed A'skíá . Condition of Songhay Empire . - List of Provinces ...
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... observations . An inroad on a large scale , of a tribe of the Tawárek , or Kindín , as they are called in Bórnu , under their chief , Músa , into the province of Múniyó , through which lay my road to Zinder , delayed my departure for a ...
... observations . An inroad on a large scale , of a tribe of the Tawárek , or Kindín , as they are called in Bórnu , under their chief , Músa , into the province of Múniyó , through which lay my road to Zinder , delayed my departure for a ...
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... observe here that the Kanúri in general are not such good hunters as the Háusa people , of whom a consi- derable proportion live by hunting , forming nume- rous parties or hunting clubs , who on certain days go out into the forest ...
... observe here that the Kanúri in general are not such good hunters as the Háusa people , of whom a consi- derable proportion live by hunting , forming nume- rous parties or hunting clubs , who on certain days go out into the forest ...
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... observed in the architecture of the native dwellings , the corn stacks which impart so decided a character of peace and re- pose to the villages of Háusa , but which are sought for in vain in the whole of Bórnu Proper , here again ...
... observed in the architecture of the native dwellings , the corn stacks which impart so decided a character of peace and re- pose to the villages of Háusa , but which are sought for in vain in the whole of Bórnu Proper , here again ...
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... observed elsewhere that , although the Manga evidently form a very considerable element in the formation of the Bórnu nation , their name as such does not occur in the early annals of the empire , and we therefore can only presume that ...
... observed elsewhere that , although the Manga evidently form a very considerable element in the formation of the Bórnu nation , their name as such does not occur in the early annals of the empire , and we therefore can only presume that ...
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A'hmed Bábá A'hmedu adorned Alí appearance Arab arrived Bélé belonging bernús Bórnu called camels cattle CHAP character chief clay considerable consisting corn cotton cross cultivated deléb palms distance district dúm palms emír encampment entered forest formed former Fúlbe Gágho Galaijo Gando ghaladíma Góberáwa governor greatly ground Gurma Hamda-Alláhi hamlet Háusa horses huts inhabitants Jolof journey Kábara Kanó Kátsena Kebbi latter Leo Africanus Mandingo Másina miles Mohammed Mohammedan morning Morocco Mósi mosque Mungo Park native Negroland Niger Othmán passed present province Púllo quarters rain rainy season reached region residence river road rocky ruler scarcely seemed sent sheet of water Sheikh Sheikh el Bakáy shells side Sídi situated Sókoto Songhay Songhay empire Songhay language Spanish dollars stay sultan swampy tamarind Tawárek tent Timbúktu tion town tract tribe valley village Waláti wall whole Wurno Zinder