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The Last Expedition: Stanley's Mad Journey Through the Congo
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Excerpt - on Page 32: " ... him by making a deal. He would co-opt the most powerful Arab in the entire Congo, the legendary Arab slaver Tippu Tib. ... "

European Atrocity, African Catastrophe: Leopold II, the Congo Free State and its Aftermath
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Excerpt - on Page 11: " ... reached as far as the Lualaba and Lomami rivers, primarily through the agency of an astute and powerful half-caste trader, Tippu Tib, who ran what was virtually an inland empire, 27 ... "

Latitude Zero: Tales of the Equator
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Excerpt - on Page 145: " ... Arab trading station not far from the Lualaba, where he made another memorable acquaintance. This vast region was ruled by Tippu Tib, monicker of an Arab slave trader named Ahmed ben Mohammed, ... "

The White Nile
The White Nile by A. Moorehead
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Excerpt - on Page 14: " ... who was the greatest trader of them all. Mohammed bin Sayed, who was generally known as Tippu Tib (a nickname that referred to an affliction in his eyes that made him blink), ... "

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