Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-05-25
ONCE A SLAVE. NOW A KING.
4 STORY or srRANas ADVENTURES
IN TiiE sOuDAN.
Rnbnh. who once served zob-hr
rRsha. Has since Put Himseif
at the Head Of nm trms-A
Record of Five Years.
From the London Daily News.


former place from the Interior and was
questioned by correspondent concerning
the career In central Africa south OF Bar
barry. OF Rabah. once a slave OF Hobehr
Pasha:
"a left Tripoli for Bornu abou, ave years
ago with a caravan OF merchandise. and ar
rived at kuka. then the capital. where
stayed about two years. traiine peacefully
uundet the rule of Ahsem. the, sultan Of
slave of Zobehr fasha
when Rabah separated from Zobehr
Wads IN about a'af 9s sg 10 d dsy 'S journey
from parfur. The sultan OF cut. named
Senuss submitted and became the yassal
daurhtefs and gave another. TO his son.
shortly afterward NJ. Crampel, the French
wa made "Issa w,h ana m had fqpTfs ali Ss rood sG
Rabqh,. together with " Martini rifles
which ". Crampel had with him NJ, cram;
pei and many OF his men died of fever. and
only siN remained. who were employed by
Rabah In his army
whence he went to Baghirmi. which. after
iivs months fighting, he subjueated, com
kingdom. Near the frontier of BaEhtmi
he me, a party Of The psorie OF hornn t
ylted him to invade their country THIS
Rabah did. and crossed the frontier to.
ward Logun with 500 to o,on men. 3,o OF
whom We're armed with Martini or Win;
fowing pieces and the rest with lanccs,
swords, bows and arrows. etc.
Arrived a, Losun, Rabah invited the
sultan. Salah. to conference, then treach-
erously seized him and put MIN IN irons
and entered the town "a walled oncD Witn-
ont resistance He mad. l.ognn his head
quarters and advanced toward kuka with
Ahsem sent his general, Mohammed Taher.
against him with ECO men. They fought
a. JillaE. a place, between Losun and
kuka, Tahsr attacked Rabah and was de-
fsdtsi with great loss oil lie.
"Ahsem then assembled another army of
5000, men and met Rnbah at place be-
tween Jillay and kuka. This time Rahah
attacked, and the battle. which lasted from
. y. IN. to sunset resulted N Ahsems DE,
by Rabah. who. however, halted At N'dour;;
nu, two hours distance from kuka, and
challenged Ahsem by letter TO fight him on
the next day near Kuka. Ahsem. on re,
ceipt of the challenge, Ned 10 the westward
from kuka with his followers and several
of the Tripoiitan merchants. however.
with other Tripoli traders, remained at
kuka.. which Rabah entered unopposed on
the following morning.
After twenty days Rahah ordered all
chants, with myself and our goods, TO
follow him to Dekwa. which he made his
| capital and where he now is. Some time
| settled down. news came that Ahsem had
been deposed AZ Gaiden, and his nephew
proclaimed in his stead
Two months afterward, Kiari. intercept
ing a letter written by Ahsem to Rabah
asking the latter TO reinstate him as sui
tan. sent a party of men TO murder his
| uncle, Eight months later, Rabah, hearing
of kiari's advance to Duchi. with j0,GO
men. left his chief. Aba Buker, in COM
mRnd a. Dekwa. and advanced against
Klari with 300 men. Klari. on arriving at
puchi. found Rabah already encamped
force. making prisoners Rabah's family,
/ with his followers, and capturing his stores
and treasure. Rahah escaped. The night
! ,s4r Eiari N0urlgl in
! the face, and at night fell back some dis
| tance and awaited events. Rabah rallied
| his men and attacked Kari next morning
and after bloody battle OF five hours
| duration, defeated and took him prisoner
and recovered his family. followers and
| later. Rahah then returned 10 Dekwa with
/ all his prisoners, In this battle at Duchi.
| KiarI, as sultan, not being supposed to
| enter the ilGht, nut one OF his slaves in his
| stead, clad In the sultsn's robes. and him
| SELF led his men into battle, showing great
courage.
shortly after my arrival at Dekwa,
| through the malice Of Il discharged SER
| want Rabah accused me OF having in my
possession gold dust which had belonged
90 Ahsem's yizier. told him had
bought it OF Kul.a from Captain Montell,
The French explorer, who went from sene-
"a !.ar. but not me. and Hlat as | was a
slave All my possessions Were his. dofed
~ power aud h" seized all my posses
sioH. namely. thirty cantars Of ostrich
feathers and 30D metrrals of gold dust.
He, kept, me in chains for eight days.
ali would have behcaded me If my friend
him, The losses of the 'rrlpoll idi traders
H2you o, asm rsss9 5g aeopi The 'S s%Sr
or by Illness and after passing twenty
on. months At Dekwa ! at last got Ra-
N" Ashoma Moharem the 10Th, las,
Trgar r,'l, lJnly Z $3.50; and and cane % home TO
and Murzouk. taking nine months to do
| the journey,
Ten days after leaving Dekwa I ar
hi dn4aa "' %hcre foand dPewssn sSvsnty GpHe pYs
rorters with burdens for Rabah. con,ain-
ing. n4 some sgldi powder, Others cotton
bcrn sent hy Hohehr PashH, ! asked the
ghlri. sghrieti Ahdallah, and was in
steamer by the west coast told him
how ! had been treated by Rabah that
!. being Turk, he had no right to treat
10 Iohchr Pssha whom he was impris-
oned and had allowed him q yearly pen
bad do you go TO him3' He answered:
II what haioyyog ySg ssy s4br; T. rue Gesr to go
EeIpIe ,hogsht so too. and, also that
don the dervishes' cause and remain un-
der his orders. We met at Nassau an
English explorer coming from Finder, and
sail; You Will know all about me in a
years time; my people are Yko.' This
Englishman gave IA letter to one of the
| Tripoli traders, Ahmet Xammit, TO be de-
liyered at Tripoli, but this Dammit has
not Yet arrived.
"Regar'linv Iiabah he is "A talI, spare ne
gro, between s. and 10, OF simple tastes, and
dresses like one of the deryishes whose
cause he espouses, telling every one 10 be-
leyc in nobody but the mahdi He CORE
sponis with the dervishes and while / wa,
at pokwa dervish emissaries arrived with
presents, but We're unable TO return, owing
TO the roads being unsafe,
"kuka Is now deserted, and Dekwa has
become the capital of Bornu. Rabah has
three sons. Tho two eldest, Fardaila and
Mohamed- Nyebba, are in the army: the
third is child. He has one daughter,
married to Mailem khaytoo, a Felati. His
intention is to CONQUER Kanu and Kinder.
He has ZOO cavalry. but little ammunition:
| his troops are NOT paid but live by plun
der, All ivory, ostrich feathers and gold
dust belong by right 10 Rabah; prisoners
and slaves are divided among the troops,
who are drilled like Europeans, and are
reviewed every Monday and Friday by him.
self,
II saw five girls, about years of age.
| sold for Maria Theresa dollar. Those OF
| Is TO ID bring 81 each. ! once saw two boy :
| and two girls prisoners VINO had escaped
| and been recaptured, killed, cut up, roast
"Rabah has no relations with Sheikh el
/ Senlissi nj Kuira or with the sultan OF Wa
| dui who decline all communication with
him. He interfcres no more with Bag
/ hirme The sultan OF which, Gawranga re-
| turned TO his kingdom, Rabah's wealth Is
PUT down at 10000 equally divided he
| tween Dekwa and Logun. He has besides
! caravans of ivory. feathers and natron TO
Hibba and Adamawa, and they bring him