AFRICAN SLAVE POTENTATE
0£ Zobeir Pasha's magnificence in his prime a vivid picture is drawn by Dr. Schweinfurth, who visited the king among slave-dealers in 1871, and found him surrounded with a court that was little less than princely in its details. . . Special rooms, provided with carpeted divans, were reserved as fmte'Chambers, and into these all visitors were conducted by richly-dressed slaves. . . . The regal aspect of these halls of state was increased by the introduction of some lions, secured, as may be supposed, by sufficiently strong and massive chains. To foil the black art of an enemy whose charms were proof against lead, he was believed to have had 25,000 dollars melted down into bulletsv as the amulet* did not apply to silver.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 57, 8 March 1913, Page 13
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123AFRICAN SLAVE POTENTATE Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 57, 8 March 1913, Page 13
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