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  • Some of the Hadendoa inhabitants of the Geyf cultivate, after the rains, a fertile plain called Tokar, situated about two days south of the town, and not far from the sea; it is spacious, fertile, surrounded by mountains, and watered by torrents; but its produce bears a very small proportion to the consumption of the town.

    Travels in Nubia 2004

  • “Hee Jung Park is a phenomenal talent as well as a manga superstar,” said TokyoPop EIC Rob Tokar in a prepared statement.

    Hee Jung Park Signs with TokyoPop | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

  • According to TOKYOPOP Editor-in-Chief Rob Tokar, Princess Ai: Rumors from the Other Side is another manga first for TOKYOPOP, but considering that Princess Ai has always been a groundbreaking project, ‘unique’ should be expected!

    TokyoPop has lies, gossip and innuendos about Princess Ai | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

  • Tokar, Teb and Tamasi, were made upon the gallant Sudani negroids, the Bisharin outlying Sawakin, who were battling for the holy cause of liberty and religion and for escape from Turkish task-masters and Egyptian tax-gatherers, not an English official in camp, after the death of the gallant and lamented Major Morice, was capable of speaking Arabic.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • That summer, Britain and Italy agreed that Tokar belonged to Egypt, that Egyptian and Italian troops would cooperate against Osman Digna, and that Italy could hold Kassala so long as the war against the Dervishes required it.

    Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

  • This was why Salisbury allowed Baring to send Egyptian troops to take Tokar: If Britain did not get there first, then Italy would.

    Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

  • Of the two, one was so far down the Gazelle River that he could not influence Omdurman politics; the other, Osman Digna, was too important an ally to disturb, as his tribesmen kept the British and Egyptians penned up at Suakin and Tokar.

    Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

  • Of the two, one was so far down the Gazelle River that he could not influence Omdurman politics; the other, Osman Digna, was too important an ally to disturb, as his tribesmen kept the British and Egyptians penned up at Suakin and Tokar.

    Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

  • Baring had not asked to advance up the Nile, only to expand the British foothold on the Red Sea coast by fifty miles, and secure Tokar.

    Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

  • They besieged Egyptian garrisons at Sinkat and Tokar, threatened the port of Suakin, and cut the Suakin-Berber road.

    Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

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