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Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1 / Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government

Chapter 51: Eastern Division.
By James Richardson
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A first-person journal of an 1850–51 expedition across the Sahara, recording daily marches from Tripoli over the Hamadah plateau to Mourzuk and Ghât, then into the little-known kingdom of Aheer and onward toward Bornou. It blends vivid travel description of terrain, oases, salt caravans and raids with ethnographic observations of Tuareg and other desert societies, accounts of extortion, slave-trading practices and diplomatic encounters with regional chiefs, and practical reflections on the prospects for legitimate commerce and treaties. The narrative concludes with the author’s failing health and death while companions pressed on with further geographical and political work.

[18] Answering to the gown and head-veil of the fellâhs.—Ed.

NOTE ON THE TERRITORIAL DIVISION OF AHEER OR ASBEN.

In the text, a list of towns and villages has already been given. The following, obtained from another source subsequently, is far more complete, and probably more correct. In it the towns and districts are all described according to their situation from Tintalous, the point from which they are made to radiate, both with regard to their compass direction and distance. This account of the territorial division of Aheer is nearly an exact translation from an Arabic paper, drawn up by Mahommed Makhlouk, Fighi and Secretary of the Sultan En-Noor. I have not distinguished any of the emphatic letters, the present transcript being enough for my purpose.

Western Division.

DistanceNo. of Men.
Satartar, N.W.3 hours100
Takardaee3 h.30
Akeeka4 h.20
Asqudaee, S.S.W.6 h.120
Tagharet6 h.50
Tshagadmara6 h.20
Ebenturaghak8 h.30
Tugurut10 h.30
Tshemeya8 h.100
Edaka2 days150
Taleghat 2 d.50
Agata 2 d.50
Tegheedda 1 d.20
Agalal 1 ½ d.100
Eretawa 2 d.50
Ghargàr-Dandamu 2 d.50
Yinwajuda 3 hours40
Tandawee 5 days50
Baeenabu 5 d.50
Sakalmas 6 d.30
Egadas (Aghadez)
Banfalas 6 hours20
Tanwansa6 h.15
Tingareegaree6 h.10
Asaduragam6 h.50
Areera6 h.30
Tshezoulah 1 day15
Esalel 1 d.30
Tagurat 1 ½ d.30
Abarakam 1 ½ d.30
Tshemeleen 1 ½ d.30
Egalak 1 d.50
Tshummuru 1 d.50
Tadanak 1 d.20
Asada 2 d.50
Bawas 1 ½ d.40
Taoudaras 3 d.40
Tafaraghat 3 d.40
Shintaburag 4 d.30
Tasouba 4 d.30
Emalaoulee 5 d.50

Northern Division.

DistanceNo. of Men.
Tamgag 2 days 300
Takamas 1 d. 50
Zeggagheen 2 d. 100
Zalaelat 2 d. 300
Tadag 3 hours 50
Tintabourak 3 days 100
Tafadad 4 d. 50
Esnalam 4 d. 50
Safes 2 d. 100
Tagut 6 hours 20
Takurnaraghat 1 day 70
Aberkam 1 d. 40
Tanutmulat 1 d. 30
Tintaghoda, N.W. 2 d. 200
Efruwan 2 d. 100
Takreza 2 d. 60
Kalfadäee, N.W. 4 d. 500
Fadaee, N.W. 4 d. 400
Tidek, N.N.W. (a Wady) 3 ½ d.
Wadekee 1 d. 20
Anumagaran 2 d. 150
Asarara, N.N.W. 2 hours 30
Bungutan 2 days 150
Tadoudawat 2 d.100
Bakerzuk 1 d. 20
Azutu 4 d. 50
Edukal 2 d. 80
Agargar 6 hours 50
Foudet 6 h. 20
Maghet 1 day 40
Tshafouak 1 d. 20
Egatram 1 d. 20
Seloufeeat, N.W. 2 d. 150
Tafkun 2 d. 100
Agalal 2 d. 100
Dellan 4 d. 400
Ekroun, N. 8 hours 60

Eastern Division.

Aghoua, N.E.8 hours 50
Amuzan
Amuzeen
Amuzzan		 { N.E. Three
places
adjoining.		 } 7 h.
7 h.
7 h.		 100
20
10
Azanghaeedan 8 h. 40
Efarghar 8 h. 20
Tazaranet (date palms) 1 day 40
Aghaglee 1 d. 30
Tshintajaee 1 d. 100
Kalawazaee 1 d. 15
Eyangal 1 d. 20
Ajin-Yeeris 1 d. 100
Afara 1 d. 20
Tafusas 1 d. 10
Zagadaou, S.E. 1 d. 50
Tshintagheedeen 1 d. 100
Maddad?
Tansumat 1 hour 10
Alerasa 2 days 30
Elakaran 1 d. 20
Tezreera 2 d. 20
Azaneeras, N.E. 1 or 2 d. 50 or 60
Tanasuma
Tanousamet		 }one place?6 hours 10
Talaou, E.W.E. 6 h. no people
Bukezan, N.E. 8 h. 15
Atas 1 day 100
Thaweezawa 1 d. 10
Tagaee 1 d. 20
Touweezawan 1 d. 40
Elabag 1 d. 30
Ebul?
Tagumarat 1 d. 100
Gutag 1 d. 20
Tadakeet 1 d. 30
Aghazar-Nanou, S.E. 1 d. 20
Azar 1 d. 100
Aghammelaee 1 d. 30
Zanwazgar 2 hours 10
Thintaghalee 1 day 10
Talaeeshena 1 d. 10
Shafazres 2 d. 20

Southern Division.

Shouwerkedan 2 days30
Atakaee or Tatakaee 3 d.30
Dagergadu 1 d. *
Aganjam 2 d. *
Baren Tafeedee 4 d. *
Ajeewa 4 days *
Tableel 3 d. *
Asawee 3 d. *
Amzagar 4 d. *
Takarakum 4 d. *
Tsheezan-Tarakat 2 d. *
Akaram 3 d. *
Tshehousat 3 d. *
Emugazem 4 d. *
Taraten 4 d. *
Tazeezaleet 4 d. *
Eface 4 d. *
Tshublaghlaghah 4 d. *
Mairee 2 d.20
Baouwat 3 d.40
Taghoura 4 d.100
Rasma 3 d.30
Afaraghab 3 d.40
Gursed 3 d.30
Shekareshoureen 2 d.20
Bomdaee 2 hours30
Jintalewat 1 day20
Tshinwanou 1 d.50
Gazawa 2 d.10
Talazeghreen 2 d. 1000
Afasas 2 d. 1000
Efoutsham 2 d. no people
Tuburneet (a well) 2 d.
Tammanee 2 d.100
Takarzarga 3 hours15
Anakkara 2 days100
Tshinkeewa 2 d.20
Wallag 2 d.100
Ekrenusoul 2 day60
Aghargharan-Tulama 3 d.40
Wuna 4 d.100
Ajeeru-Taleya 3 d.200
Barghut 4 d.40
Asaba 4 d.30
Takraoukaraou 4 d.30
Tourayal 5 d.100
Ekourak 6 d.40
Bagazem, S.W. 4 d.380
Taghaoujee 7 d.600
Nagharabu 2 d. no people
Enfasag 3 d.100
Tshegayeen 3 d.40
Tagbata 4 d.15
Nabaraou 4 d.100
Azangarran 3 d. no people
Anfag 4 d.200
Ekuffawan 4 d.20
Ataghas-Tawarat 4 d.100
Aghalgawa 4 d. no people
Egloulaf, S.W. 6 hours200

In the places marked with a star there are no inhabitants, the people having emigrated to Bornou, or been captured and carried thither.

The number of men, or adult males enumerated in the above columns, amounts to 12,731. Taking this number as the foundation-stone of Asbenouee statistics, the population may be reckoned in this way, according to the manners of the Kailouee people:—

Adult males 12,731
Adult females (wives) 12,731
Female slaves or concubines (a fifth of the adult) 5,000
Children (two for every adult male) 25,462
Town of Tintalous 450
City of Aghadez 2,500
58,874

There are still remaining to be added in the computation the statistics of numerous tribes on the frontiers, or surrounding Aheer and Aghadez.

END OF VOL. I.

LONDON: PRINTED BY G. BARCLAY, CASTLE ST. LEICESTER SQ.