gabir

Updated: June 20, 2025

By a volley fired into the little band, most of those who had hitherto survived were wounded. Theodore on this retired to some huts on the amba, about 50 yards from the second gate. Here, dismissing his remaining followers, he turned to his body-servant, Walda Gabir, saying that, sooner than fall into the hands of his enemies, he would kill himself.

William Henry Giles Kingston - Our Soldiers: Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign