Works, Volume 107Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page 44
... give 80 or 100 for a drimes of gold which is worth a pataca , in others inside Tigre they give 50 , 60 , in Dambeâ 25 , 30 , in Gojam less , in Nareâ , which is the furthest part of the empire and they do reach so far , they give 6 to ...
... give 80 or 100 for a drimes of gold which is worth a pataca , in others inside Tigre they give 50 , 60 , in Dambeâ 25 , 30 , in Gojam less , in Nareâ , which is the furthest part of the empire and they do reach so far , they give 6 to ...
Page 73
... give most for them usually receive them . They give much more than they can honestly derive from them , and so as not to be at a loss , they fleece the people , disposing of the lesser offices and the governorships of particular places ...
... give most for them usually receive them . They give much more than they can honestly derive from them , and so as not to be at a loss , they fleece the people , disposing of the lesser offices and the governorships of particular places ...
Page 96
... gives his blessing . To give a blessing here is to say : ' God give Your Highness a thousand years of life ! God cast down all your enemies at your feet ! ' and invoke other good fortune of the kind . When they finish the King too gives ...
... gives his blessing . To give a blessing here is to say : ' God give Your Highness a thousand years of life ! God cast down all your enemies at your feet ! ' and invoke other good fortune of the kind . When they finish the King too gives ...
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