The Countries of the World: Middle East ; Africa ; EuropeCassell, 1876 |
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... described applies equally well to it . * The Gasa country , or the region north of Delagoa Bay , to the Lower Zambesi , is now part of Portuguese East Africa . The Matabele Kaffir country , very mountainous , and in places attaining a ...
... described applies equally well to it . * The Gasa country , or the region north of Delagoa Bay , to the Lower Zambesi , is now part of Portuguese East Africa . The Matabele Kaffir country , very mountainous , and in places attaining a ...
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... described as almost a suffragan of the Czar of Russia . At one time the ruler was the spiritual as well as the political head of the State . But from 1825 the Montenegrin Church has been governed by a Bishop appointed by the Holy Syncd ...
... described as almost a suffragan of the Czar of Russia . At one time the ruler was the spiritual as well as the political head of the State . But from 1825 the Montenegrin Church has been governed by a Bishop appointed by the Holy Syncd ...
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... described . Several of the sections have been revised by officers of high position , and in a still greater number of cases partially by those who have resided long in the regions described . This valuable aid to accuracy has been noted ...
... described . Several of the sections have been revised by officers of high position , and in a still greater number of cases partially by those who have resided long in the regions described . This valuable aid to accuracy has been noted ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Sultans Principal Palace on the Bosphorus | 9 |
TURKEY PROPER | 15 |
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