Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile in the Years 1768 1769 1770 1771 1772 and 1773 Vol. 3 of 5 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile in the Years 1768 1769 1770 1771 1772 and 1773 Vol. 3 of 5<br><br>The principal auxiliary when the Turks conquered the place was a tribe of Mahometans called Belowee ?iepherds inhabiting the coafi of the Red Sea under the mountains ef the Habab about lat. In reward for this alfifiance the Turks''iigave their chief the civil government of Ma fua''h and its territory under the title of Naybe of Mafuah and upon the hafha''s being withdrawn this officer remained in faét fovereign of the place though to fave appearances he held it of the grand fign''ior for an an nual tribute upon receivinga firman-from the Ottoman. Porte.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.