CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF THE HISTORY OF SONGHAY. 587 
Songhay. 
A.D. 
A.H. 
Neighbouring Kingdoms. 
Susu, who at that time were 
masters of Ghanata. This is 
evidently the period of the 
beginning ot the great com- 
mercial importance of Jinni, 
which now became a most 
powerful and wealthy state, 
as a well-frequented market 
of the Serracolets or Wakore, 
Fulbe, Jolof, Zenagha, the in- 
habitants of Western Tekrur, 
and the Udaya.* 
1259 
-1276 
658-675 
Mansa Wali, son of Mari Jatah, 
performs the pilgrimage to 
Mekka in the reign of Sultan 
Bibars. 
1276 
675 
Mansa Wali, brother of the lat- 
ter. 
Mansa Khalifa, succeeds him ; 
of insane mind ; is murdered 
by his people. 
Mansa A'bu Bakr. 
Some authors, such as Makrizi 
(Opuscl. Mscr. fol. 129 r.), at- 
tribute to this chief the conquest 
of Gagho or Gogo, that is to say, 
Songhay, by the Mellians ; but 
it is clear that such was not the 
case. 
1310 
710 
Sakura, or rather Sabkara, a 
usurper, made the pilgrimage 
to Mekka in the time of El 
Malik e' Nasir. 
1311 
-1331 
711-731 
Mansa Musa (properly Kun- 
kur Musa), the greatest 
king of Melle, succeeds this 
usurper, develops the whole 
military and political power 
of that kingdom, which, 
* De Barros, Asia, ed. Lisboa, 1778, 1. i. c. 8. p. 220. 
