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Songhay. 
A.D. 
A.H. 
Neighbouring Kingdoms. 
quered even by the kings of Melle, 
and he there likewise caused an 
immense bloodshed. Jinni was at 
that time highly nourishing through 
its industry in native cloth* At a 
later time the first A'skia held the 
king of Jinni as a prisoner in his 
capital. (Leo, 1. vii. c. 3.) 
It must have been Sonni "AH to whom 
Jouo II. of Portugal, sent an em- 
bassy; and it was evidently that 
king who allowed the Portuguese 
to esraDiisn a lactory in vvaaan, or 
Hoden, which however they did not 
preserve for a long time, the place 
being too barren, and at too con- 
siderable a distance from the coast. 
But nevertheless, the establish- 
ment of this factory is a very re- 
markable fact. 
1471 
876 
* 
In the South-Western part of 
the desert the Berabfsh and 
the Udaya struggling for the 
predominance. The Zenagha 
dii cciuy in <x cicgraucu position. 
The coast of Guinea explored 
by the Portuguese. 
1481 
886 
Alfonso V. dies ; is succeeded 
by the still more energetic 
Joao 11 The Portuguese 
build Elmina, the first Euro- 
pean establishment on the 
coast of Guinea. 
1488 
894 
The Jolof Prince, Bemoy, came 
to Portugal, and communi- 
cated so much information 
with regard to the nations of 
the interior of Africa, espe- 
cially the Mosi, who, accord- 
ing to him, had much in 
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he excited the greatest inter- 
est. It was supposed that the 
king of Mosi was the long 
sought Prester John. Ogane 
is the native royal title of 
the king of Mosi. In con- 
sequence, from this time for- 
ward, numerous messengers 
were sent into the interior by 
* De Barros, in the highly interesting passage, i. 1. 3. c. 12. p. 257. ; and the curious report of the German Va- 
lentin Ferdinand, by Kunstmann, in Abbandlungen der K. Baier. Akad. cl. iii. vol. viii. first section a. 185G. It is, 
however, remarkable that the German author, although he speaks of Wadan, does not say anything of it ever 
having been a factory. 
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