Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2: Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's GovernmentRichardson, James
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Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2: Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government
Richardson, James
Africa, Central -- Description and travel; Africa, North -- Description and travel; Richardson, James, 1806-1851
According to a Gatronee, Kellai, a country of the Tuaricks, is one day
only north-west from Gurai. It is a small village. Gurasu is five days
from this, north-west. Dallakauri, also a Tuarick country, is one day
northwards, or north-east. This is a large place. Bultumi, another
Tuarick country, small; one day, east. Malumri, one day and a-half east.
Therrai, a small place, a day beyond Dallakauri, north-west, two days
from this. Chokada, a small place, five or six hours from this. All
these places are inhabited by the Tuarick tribe of Duggera, viz. Kellai,
Gurasu, Dallakauri, Bultumi, Malumri, Therrai, and Chokada. This tribe
infests the upper part of the route of Bornou, that between the Tibboos
and Kuka. Formerly they were great bandits, but now they fear the Sultan
of Minyo, and begin to desist from their bad trade and turn to more
peaceful habits. Bunai is one day and a-half south from Buroi, formerly
the capital of the province of Minyo, and where the father of the
present Sultan resided. It is a little less than Burai. Here we are told
that, after all, Minyo is _not_ the name of the Sultan, as before
mentioned, but the name of the province, which is sometimes called
Minyoma, as being more euphonic; but all people love harmony in
language. This province is considered the most powerful of the empire of
Bornou.
_15th._--Having selected my present for his highness the Sultan,
consisting of a piece of cotton velvet for a tobe (ten mahboubs), a head
of sugar, a little cinnamon and cloves, a piece of muslin for turbans,
and a cotton handkerchief, I paid my visit under the escort of the
Kashalla, and the Sultan's major-domo, a man carrying a large stick with
a great knob at the end. We went straight to the palace, a considerable
building, built of clay, like the Sultan's house at Zinder, in the shape
of a fort or castle.
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