Asben
Americannoun
noun
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This territory lies mainly about the borderlands between Sudan and the Sahara, stretching from Timbuktu east to the Asben oasis and along both banks of the Niger from Lake Debo round to the Sokoto confluence, and also at some points reaching as far as the Hombori hills within the great bend of the Niger.
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Asben, Air, or Ahir, a kingdom of Africa, in the Sahara.
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Ag′ades, a town of Africa, near the middle of the Sahara, capital of the Saharan oasis of A�r or Asben; at one time a seat of great traffic, probably containing 60,000 inhabitants, now with a pop. of about 7000.
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They very naturally prefer their own fine valley in Asben to the stony, desert wilds of Hagars.
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The last water we took up from the valleys of Asben had a milky hue, so that when the coffee was made of it, it looked like café au lait.
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