256 TRAVELS IN" AFRICA. Chap. LX. 
chiefs of that country being the A'rdo Masina, the 
A'rdo Fittogel, and Gel Hamma Mana. But just 
at the time when Galaijo became ruler, the great 
religious movement of the Fiilbe of Gober began, 
under the Reformer c Othmdn, and, instigated by 
their example, and fired with religious zeal, a chief 
went forth from them, in order to spread Islam 
among that section of the Fulbe which was esta- 
blished along the upper course of the Niger. This 
man was Mohammed or Hamed Lebbo, who, arriving 
in the country of M&sina in the beginning of the 
year 1233 of the Hejra, at the head of a small band, 
formed first an alliance with Galaijo, who himself 
had embraced Islam ; and, thus closely allied, they 
spread their conquests over the neighbouring country. 
But, after having succeeded in establishing a strong 
power, Mohammed Lebbo demanded homage and 
allegiance from his ally Galaijo, under the pretext of 
his having brought the ensign, or tuta, of Islam from 
Sifawa, the place mentioned on a former occasion, 
where the Reformer 'Othmdn dan Fodiye resided at the 
time, together with his brother f Abd All&hi. Upon 
this, Galaijo, feeling little inclined to cede the domi- 
nion of the country over which his claims had been 
established from ancient times, entered into a violent 
struggle with the new comer ; but after an unsuc- 
cessful resistance, carried on for three years, he was 
obliged to give up his former residence, Konari, and, 
with the rest of his partisans, to seek a new home 
further eastward. Here he was received with open 
