6c TRAVELS TO DISCOVER 



The third particular to be obferved here is, that, in this 

 prince's reign, the king's fons were not imprifoned in the 

 mountain. For Saif Araad was prefent with his father at 

 the defeat of Saleh king of Mara, and yet the mountain of 

 Gefhen was then fet apart as a prifon. For the Itchegue of 

 Debra Libanos was banifhed there; from which I infer, that 

 after the mafiacre of the royal family by Judith, on the 

 mountain of Damo, and the flight of the prince Del Naad, 

 to Shoa, the king's children were not confined, nor yet till 

 long after their reiteration and return to Tigre, as will ap- ' 

 pear in the fequeL 



Am da Si on died of a natural death at Tegulat in Shoa, af- 

 ter a reign of 30 years, which were but a continued feries of 

 victories, no instance being recorded of his having been 

 ©nee defeated, 



SAIF ARAAD. 



From 1 341. to ■1370. 



This Prince enjoys a peaceable Reign— Protecls the Patriarch ofCophts at 

 Cairo from the Persecution of the Soldan. 



SAIF ARAAD fucceeded his father Amda Sion; and it 

 mould feem that* in his time, all was peaceable on the 

 fide of Adel, as nothing is mentioned relative to that war^ 



y Indeed.,. 



