sockna

Updated: May 26, 2025

I spoke to his uncle about it, but without avail. I then refused to carry on my camel some choice dates, which he had in his charge for Tripoli. But it was of no use, the boy was the worthy pupil of his uncle, a little fiend of ferocity. My Sockna companions of travel chat with me, but their conversation offers nothing new or remarkable. "There is no money in Fezzan.

James Richardson - Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846

It seemed as if imbrogliamento was the order of the day, for here I witnessed a row as violent as my own. An old Arab, very crusty and obstinate, had arrived from Sockna on Government business. He was to receive money from the Kaed, and pay money to him. The Kaed would not pay, and he would not pay.

James Richardson - Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846

Gardens of the Environs. Find several old Charms in my Lodgings. Commerce and Merchants of Sockna. Second Visit to the Maraboutess; her Character and Occupation Visit the Kaed; he compliments Christians. Panoramic view from the Castle of Sockna. Description of the Castle. Third Visit to the Maraboutess. Few Children in Sahara.

James Richardson - Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846

The apartment of the Kaed is a portion of the Castle, the passages to which are a mass of ruins, and you are afraid of the walls or ceilings of dilapidated rooms tumbling on your head. Sockna, like Mourzuk, has its Castle, separated from the town. The Mudeer's room is a wretched dirty barn, with a large mud fire-place in the centre.

James Richardson - Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846