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APPENDIX IX. 
Songhay. 
Timbuktu conquered by the I'mo- 
shagh (probably not the Masufa, at 
that time not yet blended with the 
Arabs, and who had always been 
powerful in that place) under 
A'kil (Eg Malwal). The people of 
Melle had been so much weak- 
ened by continual inroads that they 
retired before the greater force, 
and were driven out for ever. A'kil, 
however, did not reside in the 
town, preferring a nomadic life ; 
but he installed as governor, or 
Tumbutu-koy, Mohammed Nasr, a 
Senhaji from Shingit, who had also 
taken part in the government of 
the town under the rule of Melle. 
This Mohammed Nasr built the 
mosque Yahia in Timbuktu, which 
was called after his friend the 
Weli Yahia from Tadelest. To 
the Tumbutu-koy belonged the 
third part of all taxes and of the 
whole revenue of the town. In 
the beginning the rule of the Ta- 
warek, which according to the 
distinct statement of A'hmed Baba 
never extended beyond the river, 
was mild ; but gradually they be- 
came overbearing, using even vio- 
lence towards the wives of the 
inhabitants, and offending 'Omar, 
the son and successor of Moham- 
med Nasr, by cheating him of his 
revenue. 
A.D. 
A.H. 
1387 
1388 
1390 
1431 
1433 
789 
790 
792 
835 
837 
Neighbouring Kingdoms. 
Mansa Magna, brother of the 
preceding king, succeeds to 
the throne; is killed after a 
reign of about a year. 
Another usurper. 
Mali mud, a descendant of Mari 
Jatah, the first king. 
A king of Tekrur makes a pil- 
grimage, dies in the town of 
Tor in the peninsula of Sinai. 
The empire of Melle begins gra- 
dually to decline ; the power 
being divided among three, or 
rather five, separate parties, 
the governors of each of the 
three national provinces and 
the two governors of the po- 
litical provinces ; the Tawa- 
rek at the same time spread- 
ing devastation everywhere. 
