Glossary

Kafla

large Caravan

Meharis

Fast Camels

Shehu

Kanuri word for Sheikh

Wadi

Valley, arid river bed

Tenelkum

Originally the name of the Tinylkum Tuareg, a group who specialized in transport business; especially Overweg used the name synonymously for the luggage caravan

Fulbe

Fellan, Fellani, Fulani, Pullo, Peul: People in West Africa, main protagonist of the 19 century Jihads