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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Page 15
... Arabs , who had immigrated from the East . As we proceeded on our march , the trees gradually assumed a richer cha- racter , plainly indicating that we were approaching a more favoured district . There was the ngilísi , or ha- méd , a ...
... Arabs , who had immigrated from the East . As we proceeded on our march , the trees gradually assumed a richer cha- racter , plainly indicating that we were approaching a more favoured district . There was the ngilísi , or ha- méd , a ...
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... Arabic name of Birni - Kadím , the " old capital , " - even the Bórnu people in general designating the place only by ... Arab informants , who have asserted that this town surpassed Cairo ( or Masr el Káhira ) in size , and was a day's ...
... Arabic name of Birni - Kadím , the " old capital , " - even the Bórnu people in general designating the place only by ... Arab informants , who have asserted that this town surpassed Cairo ( or Masr el Káhira ) in size , and was a day's ...
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... Arab Ben ' Alí , in the interesting account which he gave to Lucas ( Proceedings of the African Association , vol . i . p . 148 ) , distinctly states the number of gates as seven ; but it is remarkable that , in all the accounts of the ...
... Arab Ben ' Alí , in the interesting account which he gave to Lucas ( Proceedings of the African Association , vol . i . p . 148 ) , distinctly states the number of gates as seven ; but it is remarkable that , in all the accounts of the ...
Page 43
... Arabs exterminated in this neighbourhood , when Mukní , the then ruler of Fezzán and one of the greatest slave - hunters of the time , penetrated as far as the Komádugu Wáúbe . Sheikh Omár also , when on his expedition against Zínder in ...
... Arabs exterminated in this neighbourhood , when Mukní , the then ruler of Fezzán and one of the greatest slave - hunters of the time , penetrated as far as the Komádugu Wáúbe . Sheikh Omár also , when on his expedition against Zínder in ...
Page 57
... Arab pistols ; but although I possessed three beautifully - ornamented pairs , I wanted them myself as presents for other chiefs on my further march , and therefore could not gratify his wish . During my stay here he treated me very ...
... Arab pistols ; but although I possessed three beautifully - ornamented pairs , I wanted them myself as presents for other chiefs on my further march , and therefore could not gratify his wish . During my stay here he treated me very ...
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