596 
APPENDIX IX. 
Songhay. 
A.D. 
Sonni 'All was drowned in a tor- 
rent on his return from an expe- 
dition against Gurma, after having 
conquered the Zoghoran* (not 
Zaghwana) and the Fulldn. 
The power of the tribe of the Fullan 
in those quarters, in the south of 
Songhay, at so early a date is of 
the highest interest ; in the west 
they are noticed at the same period 
repeatedly by De Barros.j" 
The army of the deceased king pro- 
ceeded from Banebi (Benaba ? the 
capital of Gurma, see Appendix 
VI. p. 560.) to Dangha, evidently 
the place (Denga) touched at by 
myself on my journey, and here 
A / bu Bakr Dau, son of Sonni 'All, 
ascended the throne. But Mo- 
hammed, son of A'bii Bakr, a na- 
tive of Songhay (" Nigrita" — Leo) 
and officer of Sonni, collected his 
party and marched against the new 
king. But having attacked him at 
Dangha, he waS beaten, when he 
escaped to the neighbourhood of 
Gagho, where he collected again 
his army, and vanquished the king 
in a most sanguinary but decisive 
battle. Sonni A'bu Bakr Dau fled 
to Abar (Adar ?), where he died. 
Mohammed ben A'bu Bakr, sur- 
named e Thuri, on ascending the 
throne with the titles Emir el Mu- 
menin and Khalifa el Moslemrn, 
adopted as royal title, A'skia, or 
5th Nov. 
1492 
A.H. 
Neighbouring Kingdoms. 
15th Mohar. 
898 
2 Jumad, 
898 
14 Jum. II. 
898 
the king Joao from different 
quarters, and a nearer alliance 
seems to have been concluded 
with the king of the Mandin- 
goes, although it was well 
understood in Portugal at that 
time that the empire of the 
Mellians had fallen to ruin. 
* See what I have said respecting the tribe of the Zoghoran, or Jawambe, p. 175. 
t See De Barros, in the passage mentioned before, " rey dos Fullos." 
