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Songhay. 
or allegiance to Melle, and re- 
mains in this condition for the 
next 100 years. 
Travels of E'bn Batuta, who visits 
Walata, the frontier province of 
Melle, and an important trading- 
place, where at that time the Ma- 
sufa formed the higher class ; thence 
by way of Karsekho, he went to 
Melle, or Mali, the capital of the 
great empire, situated on a north- 
erly creek of the Dhiuliba f ; 
whence he proceeded by land by 
way of Mimah to Timbuktu. 
Timbuktu at that time was in- 
habited mostly by people of Mimah 
and by Tawarek (Molathemin), 
especially Masufa, who had a head- 
man of their own, while the Melle 
governor was Farba Musa. 
E'bn Batuta embarked in Timbuktu, 
or rather Kabara, and went along 
the river to Gogo, evidently at 
that time the common highroad of 
travellers. Gogo at that period 
was in a certain degree dependent 
on Melle. 
The fact of Mari Jatah conquering 
Tekadda, at that time the com- 
mercial entrepot between Songhay 
and Egypt, also mentioned by E'bn 
Batuta, shows clearly that he was 
master of Songhay, and exercised 
over it a certain degree of supre- 
macy. Timbuktu, as Timbuch, 
appears in the Mappamondo Ca- 
talan — the first time that it be- 
comes known to Europeans. 
A.D. 
A.H. 
1352-3 
1359 
1360 
1360-1 
1373 
752 
753-754 
760 
761 
762 
775 
Neighbouring Kingdoms. 
to acknowledge his supre- 
macy. 
A king of Tekrur makes a 
pilgrimage.* 
The town of Tademekka, or 
rather Suk, in the territory 
of the Tademekket, had by 
this time evidently lost a 
great deal of its importance. 
Mansa E'bn Slim an reigned 
nine months. 
Mansa Jatah, son of Mansa Ma- 
gna, ascended the throne. 
The same king sent an embassy 
to A'bu el Hassan of Morocco. 
Mansa Musa (II.), son of the 
latter, a weak king, the vizier 
Mari Jatah usurping the 
power and conquering Tekad- 
da (the trading place spoken 
of on a former occasion, Vol. I. 
p. 465.) for a short time. 
* Makrizi, Notes et Extraits, vol. xii. p. 638. note. 
+ Cooley, " Negroland," p. 79. 
