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King of the Ashanti
also: короля ашантиев
An unnamed, recurring comic figure representing the Ashanti Empire (in present-day Ghana), paired repeatedly with Gladstone in the calendar's mock-diplomatic vignettes -- a stock exoticized "foreign potentate" type typical of the era's satire.
Reading notes
- The Alarm Clock's Calendar §45 king of the Ashanti
A recurring, unnamed stock figure standing for the ruler of the Ashanti Empire (Ghana); paired repeatedly with Gladstone in the calendar's running gag of absurd diplomatic encounters.