We shall learn a good deal more about Mesopotamia proper when the results of the German excavations at Tell Halaf, near ras el-Ain, are complete and published.
"The Ancient East"
D. G. Hogarth
On the death of his uncle he was appointed by ras Ali's mother, Waizero Menen, governor of Kouara; but, dissatisfied with that post, which left but little scope for his ambition, he threw off his allegiance, and occupied Dembea as a rebel.
"A Narrative of Captivity in Abyssinia With Some Account of the Late Emperor Theodore, His Country and People"
Henry Blanc
For the second time ras Ali called him to his court; but the summons met with a stern refusal.
"A Narrative of Captivity in Abyssinia With Some Account of the Late Emperor Theodore, His Country and People"
Henry Blanc