Chap. LI. GOVERNMENT. — TRIBUTE. 
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vernor of Moito, while the officer of the water also, 
or elifa ba, exercises a great deal of authority. Of 
these courtiers, the following have the privilege of 
using a carpet to sit upon : — the facha, the barrna, the 
gheletma, the urilma, the gar-moyenmange, the bang 
Buso, bang Dam, elifa Moito, and elifa ba. We have 
seen that the sultan, during his absence from the 
capital, had made one of the meanest of his courtiers, 
the kadamange, his lieutenant-governor. 
The mother of the sultan, or the " kun-banga," is 
greatly respected, but without possessing such para- 
mount authority as we have seen to have been the 
case with the "inagira " in Bornu, and as we shall find 
exercised by the moma in Waday. The claimant to 
the throne, who bears here the same title as in Bornu, 
viz. chiroma, enjoys a certain degree of influence, the 
limits of which are not circumscribed, but depend 
upon his natural qualifications. 
Although the sultan has here so different a title 
from that of the king of Bornu, nevertheless the 
princesses bear the same title as those of Bornu, viz. 
" meram," a name which has even extended into the 
country of Waday. 
As for the tribute which the king levies, and which 
is called " haden-banga," the circumstances con- 
nected with my stay in the country did not allow me 
to arrive at a definite conclusion with regard to its 
amount ; and I can only make a few general remarks 
upon it. The tribute levied upon the Mohammedan 
inhabitants of Bagfrmi Proper consists principally in 
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