Rassam and members of his mission being put in chains after being taken prisoner by Tewodros II in Abyssinia in 1868.

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Rassam and members of his mission being put in chains after being taken prisoner by Tewodros II in Abyssinia in 1868. Hormuzd Rassam, 1826 to 1910. Native Assyrian Assyriologist, British diplomat and traveller. From El Mundo en la Mano published 1875.

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