 White and Blue Niles, with one regiment of Arnouts, and a battery of artillery. These troops are the curse of the country : as in the case of most Turkish and Egyptian officials, the receipt of pay is most irregular, and accordingly the soldiers are under...  The races of mankind - Side 205af Robert Brown - 1873Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1885 - 614 sider
...Sir Samuel Baker thus writes of the government, in 1862—64, of Musa Pasha, whom he describes as ' a rather exaggerated specimen of Turkish authorities...' — 'During his administration the Soudan became utterly ruined; governed by military force, the revenue was unequal to the expenditure, and fresh taxes... | |
 | Sir Samuel White Baker - 1867 - 432 sider
...is most irregular, and accordingly the soldiers are under loose discipline. Foraging and plunder is the business of the Egyptian soldier, and the miserable...animal. During his administration the Soudan became utterly ruined ; governed by military force, the revenue was unequal to the expenditure, and fresh... | |
 | Sir Samuel White Baker - 1867 - 430 sider
...is most irregular, and accordingly the soldiers are under loose discipline. Foraging and plunder is the business of the Egyptian soldier, and the miserable...Turkish authorities in general, combining the worst of ( )riental failings with the brutality of a wild animal. During his administration the Soudan became... | |
 | Sir Samuel White Baker - 1868 - 430 sider
...is most irregular, and accordingly the soldiers are under loose discipline. Foraging and plunder is the business of the Egyptian soldier, and the miserable...animal. During his administration the Soudan became utterly ruined ; governed by military force, the revenue was unequal to the expenditure, and fresh... | |
 | Henry William Little - 1890 - 480 sider
...condition of things in 1862-64 : — " During the administration of Musa Pasha, who is described as a rather exaggerated specimen of Turkish authorities...Oriental failings with the brutality of a wild animal, the Soudan became utterly ruined ; governed by military force, the revenue was unequal to the expenditure,... | |
 | Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge - 1907 - 720 sider
...became Khedive of Egypt, and in the same year MUSA Pasha Hamdi was appointed Governor of the Sudan. "This man was a rather exaggerated "specimen of Turkish...of Oriental failings with the brutality of a wild animal.''3 He is also described as " an unprincipled and cruel tyrant, who ruled " only by military... | |
 | Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge - 1907 - 822 sider
...most irregular, and accordingly the soldiers are under loose " discipline. Foraging and plunder is the business of the Egyptian " soldier, and the miserable natives must submit to insult and " ill treatment at the will of the brutes who pillage them." 1 Albert Nyanza, New Edition, London,... | |
 | Harold Alfred MacMichael - 1922 - 574 sider
...cccxx For el Salawi see para, ccxxxvi. cccxxi Baker's description of Musa Pasha Hamdi is as follows: "This man was a rather exaggerated specimen of Turkish...oriental failings with the brutality of a wild animal " (Albert Nyanza, p. 8). He was originally a Circassian slave bought by a Turk in Cairo market. He... | |
 | Pat Shipman - 2009 - 450 sider
...was of course the governor-general, Moosa Pasha, who ruled with despotic power. A Turk, he combined "the worst of Oriental failings with the brutality of a wild animal," Sam wrote in his journal. Moosa Pasha lied and lined his own pockets with aplomb; he had no interest... | |
 | 558 sider
...cccxx For el SalAwi see para, ccxxxvi. cccxxi Baker's description of Masa Pasha Hamdi is as follows : " This man was a rather exaggerated specimen of Turkish...oriental failings with the brutality of a wild animal " (Albert Nyanza, p. 8). He was originally a Circassian slave bought by a Turk in Cairo market. He... | |
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