 | 1826 - 918 страници
...Ibrahim, his brother, succeeded him, who is now not more than twenty years old. The Sultanship of Bornou is but a name. The court still keeps up considerable...customs ; and this is the only privilege left them. When the Sultan gives nndience to strangers, he sits in a kind of cage, made of the hambo, through... | |
 | Dixon Denham - 1826 - 438 страници
...sitting down, therefore, under a tree, with his people around him, he received his enemies, and hinding his face in the shawl which covered his head, was...customs, and this is the only privilege left them. When the sultan gives audience to strangers, he sits in a kind of cage, made of the bamboo, through... | |
 | Dixon Denham, Hugh Clapperton, Walter Oudney - 1826 - 562 страници
...also adds, "His movements remind me strongly of the brown Don)<ala horse, whose picture I have." ;i name : the court still keeps up considerable state,...customs, and this is the only privilege left them. When the sultan gives audience to strangers, he sits in a kind of cage, made of the bamboo, through... | |
 | Dixon Denham, Hugh Clapperton, Walter Oudney - 1828 - 488 страници
...from fatigue, although at the time not more than 500 yards from the gates of Angala, and he fell into the hands of the enemy. He died, however, with great...customs, and this is the only privilege left them. When the sultan gives audience to strangers, he sits in a kind of cage, made of the bamboo, through... | |
 | Dixon Denham, Hugh Clapperton, Walter Oudney - 1828 - 502 страници
...from fatigue, although at the time not more than 500 yards from the gates of Angala, and he fell into the hands of the enemy. He died, however, with great...customs, and this is the only privilege left them. When the sultan gives audience to strangers, he sits in a kind of cage, made of the bamboo, through... | |
 | Dixon Denham - 1828 - 492 страници
...from fatigue, although at the time not more than 500 yards from the gates of Angala, and he fell into the hands of the enemy. He died, however, with great...customs, and this is the only privilege left them. When the sultan gives audience to strangers, he sits in a kind of cage, made of the bamboo, through... | |
 | James Bell - 1832 - 812 страници
...from fatigue, although at the time not more than 500 yards from the gates of Angala, and he fell into the hands of the enemy. He died, however, with great...the assassin's knife, or removing those who stood in hie way by the bowstring or the poisoned cup." Physical Features .] The whole country of Bornou is... | |
 | James Bell - 1832 - 580 страници
...succeeded him, who is now not more than twenty-two years old. The sultanship of Bornou, however, is hut a name : the court still keeps up considerable state,...customs, and this is the only privilege left them. £1 Kaneiny is a most interesting and aspiring chief, and an extraordinär)', if not a solitary instance,... | |
 | 1841 - 446 страници
...retaining the dictatorship of the kingdom pro tempere. The sultanship is, indeed, but a name, although the court still keeps up considerable state, and adheres strictly to its ancient customs. He has taken the greatest pains, moreover, to settle and improve the country and the people, asked... | |
 | Roland Anthony Oliver, Anthony Atmore - 1994 - 324 страници
...position of the mai: Voyage au Oudday, tr. Dr Perron (Paris, 1851), p. 163. The Sultanship of Bornu is but a name; the court still keeps up considerable...customs, and this is the only privilege left them. When the sultan gives audience to strangers, he sits in a kind of cage, made of bamboo, through the... | |
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Bornou carries no arms, and it is beneath his dignity to defend himself: sitting down, therefore, under a tree, with his people around him, he received his enemies, and hiding his face in the shawl which covered his head, was pierced with a hundred spears.... 