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Egypt to thofe of my at the beginning: o of ane ae 
ria apeie 
Ay the year 1504,a hick nation, ‘hitne roa Bears Nt ata 
biting the weftern banks of the Bahar el Abiad, in about lati-. 
tude 13°, made a defcent, in a multitude of canoes, or boats; 
upon the Arab provinces, and.in a battle near Herbagi, 
they defeated Wed Ageeb, and forced him toa capitulation), 
by which the Arabs were to pay to their conquerors, in the- 
beginning, one half of. their ftock, and every fubfequent 
year, one-half of the increafe, which was to be levied at the: 
time of their paffing into the fands to-avoid the fly. Upon: 
this condition, the Arabs were to enjoy their former pofflef-. 
fions unmolefted, and Wed Ageebhis place and dignity, that 
he always might be ready to ufe coercion in favour of the- 
conquerors, in cafe any of the diftant Arabs refufed pay-. 
ment, and he thus became as it were their See 
Tus race of negroes is, in their own country, called‘ 
Shillook. They founded Sennaar, lefs advantageoufly fitu-. 
ated than Gerri, and removed the feat of government of 
Wed Ageeb to Herbagi, that he might be more immediate- 
ly under their own eye. It was the year 1504 of the Chriftian: 
era that Amru, fon of Adelan, the firft of their fovereigns. 
on the eaftern fide of the Nile, founded this monarchy, and 
built Sennaar, which hath ever fince been the capital. From. 
this period, till the time when I was at Sennaar, 266 years: 
had elapfed, in which 20 kings had reigned, that is, from: 
Amru the firft, to {main the prefent king. He was about 
34 years of age, and had reigned three years,, fo that, not- 
withftanding the long reigns of Amba Rabat the firft, and. 
the two Baadys, the duration of the reigns of the kings of: 
Sennaar 
