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  • Again, on the 11th, he wrote: 'There is a man called Hadji Ali, who might be induced by a bribe to try and bring in the heads of one or two of the Mufsids.

    The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80 Archibald Forbes 1869

  • Yet it was a noble effort, and a memorial to the dromedaries’ Middle Eastern-born handler, Hadji Ali, a.k.a.

    Shadow of the Sentinel WARREN GETLER 2003

  • However, we both recovered, and I seized one of my double rifles, a Reilly No. 10, that was quickly pushed into my hand by my Tokroori, Hadji Ali.

    In the Heart of Africa Samuel White Baker 1857

  • Moosa and Hadji Ali; and in an instant, as I had formerly succumbed to the maid Barrake, I was actually kissed by the thick lips of Abderachman the unwashed!

    In the Heart of Africa Samuel White Baker 1857

  • The next day before sunrise I called Hassan and Hadji Ali, whom I lectured severely upon their cowardice on a former occasion, and received their promise to follow me to death.

    In the Heart of Africa Samuel White Baker 1857

  • They saw the lion, and Taher Noor snatching a rifle from Hadji Ali was just about to bring it; when Hassan, ashamed, ran forward.

    In the Heart of Africa Samuel White Baker 1857

  • As I had no taste for this disgusting work, I took two of my Tokrooris, Hadji Ali and Hassan, and, accompanied by old Abou Do, the father of the sheik, with his harpoon, we started along the margin of the river in quest of hippopotami.

    In the Heart of Africa Samuel White Baker 1857

  • Accordingly I led the way, followed by Hadji Ali, my head Tokroori, with

    In the Heart of Africa Samuel White Baker 1857

  • They retreated, and formed a knot in consultation, and in about ten minutes they returned to me, old Moosa and Hadji Ali both leading the pilgrim Abderachman by the hands.

    In the Heart of Africa Samuel White Baker 1857

  • I shot another hippo, that I thought must be likewise dead; and, taking the time by my watch, I retired to the shade of a tree with Hassan, while Hadji Ali and the old hunter returned to camp for assistance in men and knives, etc.

    In the Heart of Africa Samuel White Baker 1857

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