See also:

• MAGDALA (more correctly MAKOALA)

MAGDALA (more correctly MAKOALA)  , a natural stronghold in the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country of the Wollo See also:

• GALLAS
• GALLAS, MATTHIAS, COUNT OF CAMPO, DUKE OF LUCERA (1584-1647)

Gallas, See also:

• ABYSSINIA (officially ETHIOPIA)

Abyssinia, about 250 M . W. of See also:

• JIBUTI (DJIBOUTI)

Jibuti on the Gulf of See also:

• ADEN

Aden, in 11° 22' N., 390 25' E . The basaltic See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

plateau of which it consists rises 9110 ft. above the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea . It is about three-quarters of a mile in length by less than See also:

• HALF

half a mile in breadth, and lies more than a thousand feet higher than the neighbouring See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain of Arogie . Chosen about 186o by the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• THEODORE
• THEODORE (602-690)
• THEODORE (Fedor) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1741–1796)
• THEODORE (Rus. Fedor, or Feodor)

Theodore of Abyssinia as his See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal stronghold in the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south, See also:

• MAGDALA (more correctly MAKOALA)

Magdala owes its celebrity to the fact that, as the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of imprisonment of the See also:

• ENGLISH

English captives, it became the See also:

• GOAL

goal of the See also:

• GREAT

great English Expedition of 1868 . At the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of its See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture it contained huts for a See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population of about three thousand . The whole See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock was burned See also:

• BARE

bare by See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of the See also:

• COMMANDER

commander of the See also:

• BRITISH

British force, See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• NAPIER
• NAPIER, JOHN (1550-1617)
• NAPIER, SIR CHARLES (1786-1860)
• NAPIER, SIR CHARLES JAMES (1782-1853)
• NAPIER, SIR WILLIAM FRANCIS PATRICK (1785-1860)

Napier, who, on being raised to the See also:

• PEERAGE
• PEERAGE (Fr. pairage, med. Lat. paragium; M.E. Pere, 0. Fr. per, peer, later pair; Lat. Paris, " equal ")

peerage for his services on this occasion, took the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord Napier of Magdala . The plateau was subsequently refortified by the Abyssinians . See Clements See also:

• MARKHAM, GERVASE (or JERVIS) (1568?-1637)
• MARKHAM, MRS
• MARKHAM, SIR CLEMENTS ROBERT (183o- )
• MARKHAM, WILLIAM (1719-1807)

Markham, See also:

• HISTORY

History of the Abyssinian Expedition (1869) ; and H . See also:

• RASSAM, HORMUZD (1826-1910)

Rassam, British See also:

• MISSION

Mission to Theodore (1869) .