First Footsteps in East Africa: Or, An Explanation of HararLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1856 - 648 pages |
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... Fatihah - prayer in honor of the Shaykh Majid , inventor of the mariners ' compasst , and The Abyssinian law of detaining guests , -Pedro Covilhao the first Portuguese envoy ( A. D.1499 ) lived and died a pri- soner there , appears to ...
... Fatihah - prayer in honor of the Shaykh Majid , inventor of the mariners ' compasst , and The Abyssinian law of detaining guests , -Pedro Covilhao the first Portuguese envoy ( A. D.1499 ) lived and died a pri- soner there , appears to ...
Page 112
... Fatihah over the happy pair . The Somal , as usual amongst the heteroge- Equivalent to reading out the Church Catechism at an English wedding . neous mass amalgamated by El Islam , have a diversity 112 FIRST FOOTSTEPS IN EAST AFRICA .
... Fatihah over the happy pair . The Somal , as usual amongst the heteroge- Equivalent to reading out the Church Catechism at an English wedding . neous mass amalgamated by El Islam , have a diversity 112 FIRST FOOTSTEPS IN EAST AFRICA .
Page 129
... Fatihah with upraised palms , and with many promises to write frequently and to meet soon , shook hands and parted . The soldiers gave me a last volley , to which I replied with the " Father of Six . " propensities . Many of the Midgan ...
... Fatihah with upraised palms , and with many promises to write frequently and to meet soon , shook hands and parted . The soldiers gave me a last volley , to which I replied with the " Father of Six . " propensities . Many of the Midgan ...
Page 255
... well - trodden path warned us that we were about to quit the desert . After advancing six miles in line we turned to the right , and recited a Fatihah over the heap of rough stones , where , shadowed THE END OF TIME'S VALOUR . 255.
... well - trodden path warned us that we were about to quit the desert . After advancing six miles in line we turned to the right , and recited a Fatihah over the heap of rough stones , where , shadowed THE END OF TIME'S VALOUR . 255.
Page 286
... Fatihah , consoling us with the information that we were dead men . By the worst of foot - paths , we ascended the rough and stony hill behind Sagharrah , through bush and burn and over ridges of rock . At the summit was a village ...
... Fatihah , consoling us with the information that we were dead men . By the worst of foot - paths , we ascended the rough and stony hill behind Sagharrah , through bush and burn and over ridges of rock . At the summit was a village ...
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Abban Abyssinian Aden Allah Amir amongst animals appeared Arab Arabia arrived assir Ayyal Bedoos Bedouins Berberah Beuh Biyu Caffilah called camels caravan cattle chief clan cloth coast coffee companions crown 8vo danger Darud desert dollars Dulbahantas Eastern Africa Eesa Fatihah fear feet fire Fiumara Galla ghee Girhi ground Gudabirsi Gurgi Habr Awal Habr Gerhajis Hajj halted Hammal hand Harar head hills holcus horse hour hyæna Indian journey Kafirs kraal land Lieut Lieutenant Speke Long Guled Midgan miles milk Mohammed monsoon morning morocco Moslem mountains mules night noon passed plain plunder Post 8vo prayer present rain Second Edition servants Sharmarkay Shaykh sheep Shoa slave Somal Somali country spear stones Sultan thorns tobacco Tobe town traveller tree tribe valley village visited vols walls Warsingali watercourse whilst wild Wilensi women Woodcuts Yemen Yunis Zayla