CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF THE HISTORY OF SONGIIAY. 585 
Songhay. 
A.D. 
A.H. 
Neighbouring Kingdoms. 
Gogo, according to Ednsi, powerful, 
mud dominating over the neigh- 
bouring tracts ; horses and camels; 
the nobility well dressed, having 
the face veiled ; the common peo- 
ple wearing leathern frocks. The 
natives of Aujila already at that 
period carried on a spirited trade 
with Gogo (Edrisi, vol. i. p. 238.). 
1153 
548 
El Edrisi' s account of Negro- 
land, composed at this period, 
is not to be relied on in ge- 
neral, with the exception of a 
few instances, where he enters 
into particulars : for instance, 
the populous state of the 
towns of Silla and Tekrur 
(Zagha),the latter beingmore 
populous and industrious; the 
salt mines of Aulil, — the 
only ones known at that time 
in Negroland! (p. 11.); the 
rising of the Mandingo, or 
Wangara race (the Wakore), 
a name then first appearing. 
Very doubtful appear the 
following data : — ■ Tirki, or 
Tirekka, belonging to Wan- 
gara ; even Kugha, a de- 
pendence of Wangara, while 
at the same time Gogo — the 
real Gogo * — is said to have 
been absolute and independent. 
The great commercial import- 
ance of Wargela, is confirmed, 
the inhabitants supplying Gogo 
with dates, and buying up the 
greater part of the gold brought 
thprp to markpf. TJipp nnltl- 
vated on the Niger, in the 
district of the Merasa. 
Ghanata ruled by a descendant 
of A'biiTalebtofthe Zenagha 
tribe, who paid allegiance to 
the khalif in the East ; but, if 
we can believe Ednsi, he had 
still a large empire. 
1203-4 
600 
Ghanata having become very 
weak, is conquered by the 
Susu, a tribe related to the 
Wakore. 
* Ed risi makes great confusion, produced by the similarity of the names, G6g6 or K6k6, Kuka (on the Fittri) 
and Kerker ; but what he relates (i. p. 23.) seems really to reier to G6g6. 
f Edrisi, i. p. 61. ; Compare Cooley, p. 66. 
