gadado

“The _gadado_ was preceded by a band, with four long trumpets, two drums, and a pipe.”

Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley

“At the town of Jaza he met his old friend the _gadado_, the sultan's general, with a numerous train on horseback and foot.”

Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley

“The _gadado_ himself arrived in the evening, and was excessively polite, but would not drink tea with him, as he said that he was a stranger in their land, and had not yet eaten of his bread.”

Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley

“They first proceeded to the house of the _gadado_, the lord of the treasury.”

Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley

“_gadado_, or vizier, where apartments were provided for him and his servants.”

Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley

“Occasionally a single horseman would gallop up and brandish his spear, while he covered himself with his large leathern shield, returning as fast as he went and shouting: "Shields to the wall, you soldiers of the _gadado_!”

Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley