They prefer the late tyrant Bashaw, asker Ali, to the present Mehemet, because asker Ali, they say, did not fleece them so much or so plunder them of their money.
"Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846"
James Richardson
The British Consul-General tried to get him removed from Mourzuk, with the tyrant, asker Ali, from Tripoli, but Belazee was the only man who could keep this province tranquil, and the trade with the coast uninterrupted.
"Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846"
James Richardson
The ancient Bey of Bengazi, an exile in Malta, and one of the Caramanly family, or of the old Moorish dynasty of Bashaws, would have replaced asker Ali.
"Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846"
James Richardson