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then walking towards Durghwe. We can also see visits from Madagali to Disa by lieutenant
Schultze in October 1902, and by lieutenant Schipper in July 1903. As mentioned earlier, I
was unable to find the excursion reports of Glauning's and von Stephani’s visits to Guduf, but
later found an indirect reference in early British colonial sources.
Figure 7a: Extract from Moisel's map with place names, district boundary and excursions
Table 2 shows that the place names on Moisel’s map are amazingly complete, especially the
Lamang and Dghweɗe place names. Interestingly, there is no mention of Gava (often spelled
Gavva or Gawa) or the Glavda, but only the Guduf and Zelidva. This indicates that German
officers did not visit the inner Kirawa valley and perhaps only accessed the Guduf saddle
from the west, and presumably did not cross further through to Gava and into the Glavda
territory. If we compare Figure 7a and Table 2 with previous Figure 3, we can see 'Kurane'
(consisting of Korana Basa and Korana Kwandame) quite correctly positioned in the western
part of Dghweɗe, bordering Hiɗkala (with Hambagda as the administrative unit name).
We have already pointed out that Moisel's 'Hirguse' is identical with 'Gharguze', which was,
according to Dghweɗe oral history, in the Korana and Hudimche area. Moisel places it to the
east of 'Kurana'. This would suggest a reference to Hudimche of today, which is not
mentioned on Moisel's map. The place name Hirguse, or Gharguze, has administratively not
survived, but it was still remembered in Gwoza Wakane and Dghweɗe as Gharguze. Gwoza
Wakane was the oldest settlement unit of modern Gwoza, and Moisel's 'Goso' for Gwoza is
indeed derived from former Gharguze on the southern Dghweɗe massif.
We also see two references to Dghweɗe on Moisel’s map, namely 'Dohade' and 'Johode', the
latter being the Hausa version. We already know that 'Johode' was frequently used as a
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