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Soldan of Egypt, with which country the Abyflinians at that 

 time were in conftant correfpondence, though I never 

 heard they were with Sennaar, which indeed did not exill 

 at that time, nor was there either city or kingdom till the 

 reign of Naod ; fo it was a correfpondence with the fove- 

 reigns of Cairo, Tecla Haimanout miilook for that with Sen- 

 naar, which monarchy was not then founded. — The third 

 obfervation is, that this Baady el Achmer, being the very 

 king who murdered M. du Roule in 1704, did, neverthelefs, 

 live till the year 1726, having reigned 25 years; whereas 

 M. de Mailiet '^ writes to his court, that this prince had 

 been defeated and flain in a battle he had with the Arabs, 

 under their Shekh at Herbagi in 1705. 



Upon the death of a king of Sennaar, his eldefc fon fuc- 

 cecds by right ; and immediately afterwards as many of 

 the brothers of the reigning prince as can be apprehended 

 are put to death by the Sid el Coom, in the manner already 

 defcribed. Achmet, one of the fons of Baady, brother of 

 Naffer, andlfmain now on the throne, fled, upon his brother's 

 acceflion, to the frontiers of Kuara, and gathering to- 

 gether about a hundred of the Ganjar horfe, he came to 

 Gondar, and was kindly received by the Iteghe, who perfua- 

 ded him to be baptifed. Some time after he returned 

 to Kuara, and joined the king's army a little before the bat- 

 tle of Serbraxos, with about the fame number of horfe, 

 and there he milbehaved, taking flight upon the lirll ap- 

 pearance 



* Vid. Conful Maillet's letter to the French ambaflador piibliflied by Le Grande, in his 

 Hiftory of Abyflinia, 



