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APPENDIX IX. 
Songhay. 
A.D. 
A.H. 
Neighbouring Kingdoms. 
990 
380 
Intercourse established with 
Negroland, according to the 
statement of Leo.* 
Za Kasi, the 15th prince of the 
dynasty of the Za, adopts Islam. 
1009 
400 
1034-5 
426 
A'bu 'Abd Allah, son of Ti- 
faut, surnamed Naresht, again 
unites undpr his swav all t,hf» 
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Berber tribes of the desert ; 
makes a pilgrimage ; dies 
429. 
- 
1040-1 
432 
Wariabi, the Mohammedan 
apostle of Tekrur, died. 
Among others, the inhabitants 
of Silla were converted bv 
him. 
1043-4 
435 
Jinni is founded f, and soon be- 
comes wealthy, owing to the 
trade in salt (from Teghaza) 
and gold (from Bitu). 
1048-9 
440 
Abd Allah E'bn Yasin begins 
to teach and to reform. 
1052 
445 
Audaghost, which had become 
dependent upon Ghanata, 
conquered and ransacked by 
the Merabetin, the disciples of 
Abd Allah Ebn Yasin, in the 
same year as oijumesa. 
1055-6 
447 
Yahia E'bn 'Omar, chief of the 
Merabetin, dies, and is sue- 
ceeded by his brother A'bu 
Bakr. The king of Ghanata, 
Tankamenin, son of the sister 
of Besf, an excellent king, evi- 
dently dependent on A'bu 
Bakr. 
* Leo, 1. vii. c. 1. even speaks of Negroland as if it had been quite unknown before this time, "furono 
scoperti." 
f Ahmed Baba, J. L. O. S. vol. ix. p. 528. seq. He describes the site of this important town in the most perspicuous 
and clear manner as being part of the year, from August to February, an island. The town was first founded in a 
place called Zagaru, on the south side of the southerly branch of the river, and therefore not identical with the 
Zaghari of E'bn Battita. El Bekri appears to have had no knowledge of Jinni. 
