Travels in Kordofan by Ignatius Pallme

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Author

Pallme, Ignaz, 1806-1877

Title

Travels in Kordofan : Embracing a description of that province of Egypt, and of some of the bordering countries, with a review of the present state of the commerce in those countries, of the habits and customs of the inhabitants, as also an account of the slave hunts taking place under the government of Mehemed Ali

Original Publication

United Kingdom: J. Madden and co., 1844.

Credits

Galo Flordelis (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

DT: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Africa

Subject

Kordofan (Sudan : Province) -- Description and travel

Category

Text

eBook-No.

71182

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71182

Release Date

July 13, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.TRAVELS IN KORDOFAN;
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.CHAPTER I. POSITION OF THE COUNTRY BORDERS, RIVERS, SOIL, AND CLIMATE.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. HISTORY.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. GOVERNMENT.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. HABITS AND CUSTOMS.
9. 9.CHAPTER V. CHARACTER OF THE PEOPLE.
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. THE BAKKARA. (NOMADIC TRIBES.)
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. THE KUBBABEESH.
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. DAR-HAMMER.
13. 13.CHAPTER XI. TRIBES BORDERING ON KORDOFAN, SHILLUK, NUBA, TAKALE, ETC.
14. 14.CHAPTER X. RELIGION.
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. DISEASES.
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. THE TROOPS.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. PRODUCTS.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. THE CAPITAL OF KORDOFAN, LOBEID.
19. 19.CHAPTER XV. COMMERCE.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. MEHEMED ALI’S SLAVE-HUNTS IN GENERAL. [86]
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. DESCRIPTION OF A SLAVE-HUNT IN THE YEARS 1838 AND 1839.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. INFORMATION CONCERNING THE COURSE OF THE BAHR-ABIAD (WHITE NILE). — ANTIQUITIES OF KORDOFAN. — BANDANIANIAM. [89]
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX. ON THE KINGDOM OF DARFOUR. [91]
24. 24.FOOTNOTES:
25. 25.Transcriber's note:

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