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... Gojam and Begameder , all of which according to the Paris Chronicle were defeated by king Susneyos . In 1617 the Galla formed what was known as the Borana League in an attempt to in- vade Gojam and Begameder with greater success ; but ...
... Gojam and Begameder , all of which according to the Paris Chronicle were defeated by king Susneyos . In 1617 the Galla formed what was known as the Borana League in an attempt to in- vade Gojam and Begameder with greater success ; but ...
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... Gojam lies north - west and south - east and is probably Gojam about 50 leagues long . Its width from east to west is probably 32 leagues and is reckoned from one bank of the Nile to the other , for , as I have said , this river rises ...
... Gojam lies north - west and south - east and is probably Gojam about 50 leagues long . Its width from east to west is probably 32 leagues and is reckoned from one bank of the Nile to the other , for , as I have said , this river rises ...
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... Gojam is much more correct than on the older maps . These improvements seem to be due to Beke , 1 whose maps are to be considered as the first approximately correct surveys of Abys- sinia ; but though Beke spent some time in Gojam , he ...
... Gojam is much more correct than on the older maps . These improvements seem to be due to Beke , 1 whose maps are to be considered as the first approximately correct surveys of Abys- sinia ; but though Beke spent some time in Gojam , he ...
Contents
BIBLIOGRAPHY | xiii |
ABBREVIATIONS | xix |
NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION | xlviii |
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Abay Abba Abba Bagibo Abyssinians Adel Agau AJIB Aksum Alicô Almeida Almeida's map Amba Ambassador Amharic Andre de Oviedo Bahrey Bali Beccari Begameder Borana Bruce Cafres called Cecchi century Cerulli CHAPTER Cheesman Christian Christôs church circumcised coast court crossed Dambeâ Damot Dawaro district Dofar east Emperor empire Enarya entered Ethiopia Ethiopic Father Antonio Fernandes ford gada Galla give Gojam gold grade Grañ Guma Gurage Hadiya Hamelmal Hamitic Harar holy India inhabitants Jesuits Jimma João journey Kafa killed King Kingdom Lake Tana land leagues Lebna Dengel letters live lords luba Macuâ Maleg Manquer Mareb Massawa miles Moors Moslem mountains Mul'ata Nareâ Nile Páez Parkyns Portuguese province Qondala reached river Robale route Sagad Sarsa Dengel sent Shoa Sidama side stone Suaqhem Susneyos territories Tigrê tribes Viceroy Wolamo word XVI HSD XVIII AJIB Yeshaq Zeila