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I G BA SI O N. 



From 1283 to 131a. . 



£>uick Sujcceffion of Princes^MemQirs of tbeje Reigfis deficient*', 



TO Icon Amlac fucceeded IgbaSion, and after him five 

 other princes, his brothers, Bahar Segued, Tzenaf Se- 

 gued, Jan Segued, Hafeb Araad, and Kedera Segued, all in 

 five years. So quick a fucceflion in fo few years feems to 

 mark very unfettled times.. Whether it was a. civil war 

 among themfelves that brought thefe reigns to fo» fpeedyai 

 conclufion, or whether it, was that the Moorifh flates in; 

 Adel had grown in power, and fought fuccefs fully againfl 

 them, we do not know.. One thing only we are certain of, 

 that no moleftation was offered by the late royal family of 

 Lafta, who continued in peace, and firm in the obfervation 

 of their, treaty,, I therefore am inclined to think, that a civil; 

 war among the brothers was the occafion of the quick, 

 fucceflion of fo many princes ; and that in the time when 

 the kingdom was weakened by this calamity,. the flates of. 

 Adel, grown rich, and powerful, had improved the occafion, , 

 and feized upon all that territory from Azab to Melinda, 

 and cue off the Abyflinians entirely from the fea-coaft, and. 

 from an opportunity of trading directly with India from 

 the ports fituated upon the ocean. Andjny reafon is, that,. 

 in. a reign which fpeedily follows, we. find the kingdom ofV 



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