. From the Niger to the Nile . KANURI On the road thither we met a string of about sixteen oftlie Sultans prisoners, all chained together neck to neck;they were on tlieir way to work on the restoration of thepalace of the old Sultan, Kiari. He was the father of thepresent man, whose name is Garoba. Kiari, unlike his son,was a very warlike king, always fighting for the love of thething, and ccjnsequently no friend of the white man, whosecoming, the native well knows, brings peace. But one dayhe met his match in the chief, Rabeh, the great scourgeof Central Africa, about whom we shall ha
. From the Niger to the Nile . KANURI On the road thither we met a string of about sixteen oftlie Sultans prisoners, all chained together neck to neck;they were on tlieir way to work on the restoration of thepalace of the old Sultan, Kiari. He was the father of thepresent man, whose name is Garoba. Kiari, unlike his son,was a very warlike king, always fighting for the love of thething, and ccjnsequently no friend of the white man, whosecoming, the native well knows, brings peace. But one dayhe met his match in the chief, Rabeh, the great scourgeof Central Africa, about whom we shall have more to say THE SHEHU OF KUKAWA 283 presently. Though defeated by him in a fierce battle, Kiariwould not submit, and when Rabeh rode up in person to lead. TdE SHEHU S PALACE liim back on foot in triumpli as his prisoner, Kiari cursedhis victor and begged to be killed, saying that the women ofBornu should never see him walk behind any man. ButRaheh, a splendid warrior himself, recognised a worthyfoeman in his captive and loved him. So he would not killhim ; but as Kiari refused to walk, set him bound upon ahorse and carried him into Dikwa. Here Rabeh had himbrought into his presence daily, using all persuasion to gainhis submission and offering to make him general of his Kiari only renewed his curses, saying that he himself 284 FEOM THE NIGER TO THE NILE was a king and would die as a king. Whereupon Rabehgrew weary and handed him over to his son, Faderellah, who,saying he could manage him, took him away and hangedhim. It was at this time that Rabeh ha I sacked Kukawa,demolishing the northern part of the town, where the oldpalace stood. This happened in December 1893, and tothis day one passes through about a mile of the town w
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