midgar

Updated: May 15, 2025

He was a Midgar, or low-caste fellow, who does not object to indulge in cannibalism when hard pressed by hunger. I would not decide the case myself, but handed him over, much against his wish, to the tender mercies of the interpreter and two other men whom the sultan, at parting, appointed judges on any sudden occasion.

John Hanning Speke - What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile