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Page numbers beginning with 371 refer to end notes.
Abbega (servant), 218, 223, 328, 332, 342–43, 384, 388
’Abd el Kader, Sultan of Massenya, 199, 201–2, 209–11, 214
’Abd el Kader dan Taffa, 238
’Abd erRahman, 306–7, 311
’Abidin (brother of al-Bakkay), 288, 291
abolitionism, 12, 13, 24, 25, 56, 130, 131, 159, 161, 176, 230
Adama, Modibbo, 153
Adamawa kingdom, 151–53, 155–65, 203, 216, 235, 320, 349, 366, 382
Adams, Robert, 255–56
Addington, Henry Unwin, 204, 207, 208, 230, 294
Adishen, Prince of Musgu, 180, 181–82
Africa, 9, 12–21
agriculture in, 91, 108, 112, 130, 154, 158–59, 172, 181, 214, 228, 305, 309
barbarism and piracy in, 13, 14, 15, 17, 32, 45, 159
Barbary Coast of, 7, 14, 22–24, 31, 260
Barth’s open-minded concepts of, 354–56, 361–62, 365–66
British influence and diplomacy in, 45–46
British promotion of Christianity and trade in, 12–16, 19–20
Central, 8, 14, 16, 19, 26, 28, 42, 45–46, 56, 85, 91, 93, 107, 110, 112, 146, 160, 178, 185, 194, 206, 224, 232, 236, 259, 295, 302, 329
civilized vs. barbaric life in, 29, 102–3, 124, 181
deaths of explorers in, 14–15, 17, 32–33, 213, 224, 237–38, 255, 256, 258–60
East, 1, 9, 161–62, 213
equatorial, 9, 189, 212, 214
European effect on, 12–13
European expeditions to, 14–21, 24, 101–3, 139, 142, 158–59
European partition plan for, 129
European stereotypes about, 131–32, 133, 298, 353–54
factional conflicts in, 29, 45, 125–26, 137, 153, 190–91
inadequate mapping of, 14, 33, 244, 254, 255
kingdoms and tribes of, 22, 29, 32–33, 125
North, 7–8, 13, 19, 35, 39, 42, 66, 68–69, 91, 94, 98, 141, 178, 354
plantations of, 130
Portuguese missions to, 255
rainy season in, 151, 154, 160, 163, 214–15, 234, 240–41, 243–45, 248, 304–5, 309
South, 22
southeastern coast of, 214
trade goods of, 22, 214, 233, 273
West, 159, 251, 256
west coast of, 22
African Association, 255, 256
African Inland Commercial Company, 158
Agadez, 81, 83, 90–98, 199, 273, 375
Barth’s report on, 98–100
as desert port town, 92, 93
great mosque of, 91, 94
horses ridden in, 92
houses of, 96–97
market of, 92–93
music and singing in, 95–96
population of, 92, 93
religious schools in, 94
tribal diversity in, 93
women of, 93, 94, 96, 97–98
Ahmadu, Ahmadu, Emir of Hamdallahi, 248, 269–70, 271, 273, 275–78, 282, 285–86, 289, 291–92, 303, 305, 387
Ahmed, Haj, 199, 214
Aïr Mountains, 15, 34, 39, 44, 51, 101, 106, 109–10, 114, 131, 141, 307, 311
Barth’s journey through, 55–56, 58–59, 62–66, 72–73, 77–78, 81, 88
Alantika Mountains, 160
Alawate (brother of al-Bakkay), 253, 265, 266, 267, 270, 286, 288, 289–90, 291, 308
Albania, 364
Albert, Prince Consort of England, 205, 326, 327, 389
Alexandria, 28
Algeria, 8, 20, 91, 289, 357
1830 French invasion of, 127
Algiers, 127, 297
Ali ibn Abdullah, 229–31
Aliyu, Sultan of Sokoto, 125, 162, 235–36, 239, 306, 308–9, 311
Alkutabbu, Chief, 271
Alps, 363
Al-Suyuti, 29–30, 372–73
Amagay, 100
Amazon River, 9
Anatolia, 23
Anglo-Saxons, 354
Annur, Sultan, 77–81, 83–84, 86–89, 100–101, 227–28, 375
Richardson and, 79, 84, 87, 101, 103, 105, 107, 126–27, 228
anti-Semitism, 274
AntiSlavery Society, 12, 343
ants, 200, 233–34, 306, 384
Apennine Mountains, 363
Arabic language, 2, 45, 73, 80, 92, 95, 111, 112, 130, 132, 154, 221, 224, 231, 247, 251, 261, 273
Barth’s command of, 29, 75, 210, 247, 252, 274, 307
literature in, 154, 199, 211, 261, 296, 315
Arabs, 22, 34, 41, 52, 93, 161–62, 260, 261–62
culture of, 154
European stereotypes of, 275
female, 24, 94
janissary, 31
mercenary, 167
as raiders, 32, 33, 88
Aristotle, 199, 261
Arma (Ruma), 262
Art of Travel, The (Galton), 347
Asben, 43
A’sbenawa people, 120
Asia, 11
Asia Minor, 317, 358
Asiu, 60
Askia Muhammed, King of Songhai, 91, 93, 251, 261
Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa, see African Association
Asu, 192, 193
Athenaeum, 165, 299
Athens, 8
Atlantic Ocean, 12, 98, 223, 280
Atlantis, 156
Austria, 121, 326
Azawad, 292, 298
Baba, Ahmed, 240, 261–62, 292, 373, 386
Badagri, 256
Ba-Fellanchi people, 120
Bagirmi kingdom, 139, 141, 142, 149, 150, 164, 188–202, 206–16, 225, 310, 366, 380
Barth held prisoner in, 196–97, 209–15, 220
hostility between Bornu and, 190–91, 198
women of, 200–201
Bagirmi language, 194, 210
Ba-Haushe people, 120, 125
Bahr el Ghazal, 164, 166, 171, 174, 349–50
Baikie, William Balfour, 164, 362
as Barth’s friend and supporter, 311, 347, 348
Bakada, 194–95
Baker, Samuel, xi, 1, 331, 362
Bakkay, Ahmed al-, Sheik of Timbuktu, 246, 251, 253, 263, 266, 305, 348, 360–61
Barth and, 177, 199, 248, 267–76, 281–93, 296–98, 301–4, 314–15, 330, 356–57
character and personality of, 268, 269–70, 274–76, 303
death of, 364
family background of, 268
family life of, 271, 275, 284, 287, 288–89, 293, 361
physical appearance of, 268
religious devotion and scholarship of, 268
Bakri, Al-, 211
Bakunin, Mikhail, 3
Balkans, 363
Bamba, 301
Bambuk goldfields, 199
Banks, Sir Joseph, 255
Barrow, John, 259
Barth, Charlotte (mother), 1, 312, 331–32, 333
Barth, Heinrich, ix–xi, 1–10, 43, 118, 123, 156, 160–64, 168–74, 185, 200, 211, 225, 243, 251–52
“Abd el Karim” as expedition name of, 29, 225, 328, 330
abolitionism of, 176
academic and diplomatic posts sought by, 359
accordion played by, 227
African knowledge of, 95
Africans sought out by, 133, 146, 151, 153–55, 172
ambition and idealism of, 6–7, 54
awards and honors of, 331, 332, 346, 351, 361
birth and childhood of, 1–3, 160
celibacy of, 97–98, 201
character and personality of, xi, 2–3, 5–7, 8–9, 10, 18–19, 38, 108, 135, 155, 168, 180–81, 200–201, 208, 218, 221, 223, 282, 310, 358, 359
courteous treatment of African women by, 200–201, 300–301
curiosity of, 94–95, 96, 98, 179, 376
death of, 364, 390
diet of, 158, 283, 308, 364
diplomatic role of, 210, 216, 221–22, 223, 235, 274, 318, 330, 351, 356
disguise as a Syrian by, 250–51, 264�
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education of, ix, 1–7, 36
explorers inspired by, 224–25
falsely reported death of, 312–14, 317, 319, 322, 329, 331
firearms of, 115, 126, 155, 173, 187, 196–97, 227, 234, 266, 270–72, 275, 285, 289, 290, 310, 365
grave of, 365
handwriting of, 75–76
illness and injury of, 265, 266, 267, 284, 304, 308–9, 317, 364
lasting importance of work of, 365–67
letters and supplies received by, 125, 164–65, 202, 207–9, 211–14, 298–99
lifelong wanderlust of, 5, 7–8, 11, 187, 363–64
linguistic abilities of, 2, 4, 8, 28, 48, 92, 93, 95, 155, 156, 171, 178, 194, 210, 242, 251, 252, 267, 274, 287, 321, 359, 376
loneliness and isolation of, 6–7, 221, 223, 320–21
magical powers attributed to, 156, 198–99, 209, 251
medical treatment sought from, 234, 305
money worries of, 47–48, 117, 124, 138–39, 151, 189, 207, 305, 309–10, 315, 318–19, 322, 329–30
native clothing worn by, 91–92
notetaking of, 5, 29, 34–37, 43, 48, 101, 151, 163, 219, 299, 303, 304–5
obituaries on, 364
pension awarded to, 332
personal and professional disappointments of, 6–7, 10–11, 185, 197, 208, 283–84, 318
personal library of, 2, 5, 212, 214, 250, 251, 272, 307
personal supplies carried by, 28–29
philosophical view of, 5
physical appearance of, 2, 331
physical and mental self-discipline of, 2–3, 5, 243
poetry of, 29
posterity as goal of, 36
post-expedition travel of, 358, 363–64
reports shared with German colleagues by, 48–49, 327, 333
rheumatism of, 215, 225, 252, 272, 299, 304, 321
romantic failures of, 10, 11
sandstone carvings discovered by, 52, 64
scientific independence of, 18–19, 48, 108
scientific instruments of, 156, 173, 196, 210, 231–32
scientific outlook and devotion of, 34–36, 135, 170, 179, 183–85, 208, 212
self-confidence of, ix–x, 5, 10, 18–19, 108, 135, 331
slave raids accompanied by, 178–79, 182–87
social skills lacking in, 2, 5, 7, 9, 10
teaching position of, 10, 11
travel library of, 28–29
understated humor of, 97
works on African languages by, 362, 363, 381
Barth, Johann (father), 1–2, 5, 7, 312, 331–32, 333
death of, 348
relationship of Barth and, 17–18, 348
Bates, Henry Walter, 9
Bauchi, 320
Ba-Wangara (Mandingo) people, 120
