Abyssinian group. Captain Speedy, Mr Merche, Mr Munzinger, Maj. Gen. Merewether, Kassai's envoy, Abyssinian priest. The remainder of the group are the followers of Kassai, Prince of Tigre. Photographer: Royal Engineers
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This meeting took place at Adigrat around 7 February 1868. The group includes the Leeka Makoras Aleema, Prince Kassai's cousin and adviser, seated with Lieutenant Colonel (later Brigadier General Sir) William Lockyer Merewether and Walter Münzinger during a durbar at which Napier explained the p...