CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF THE HISTORY OF SONGHAY. 601 
Songhay. 
dition against Kelinbut. The fol- 
lowing years no expedition seems 
to have been undertaken, the A'skia 
being busy with the internal affairs 
of his extensive empire which ex- 
tended from Kebbi in the east as 
far as the present country of Kaarta, 
and from Bennendugu as far as Te- 
ghaza. It appears that he staid 
the greater part of this period near 
Timbuktu, where he was evidently 
when Leo visited this part of Africa, 
who thought Timbuktu to be his 
usual residence, but nevertheless 
was fully aware, although he did 
not clearly express it, that Gagho 
was his other residence — "Questo 
signor fu preso dal detto Izchia e 
tenuto in Gdgo fino alia morte," 
1. vii. c. 3, at the end. The A'skia 
staid in Kabara, " the well known 
harbour," when he heard of the 
learned man, the fakih Mahmud, 
having come to Gagho, and he 
immediately embarked and went 
there by water ; for almost all 
the intercourse between Timbuktu 
and the whole western quarter on 
the one side, and the centre of the 
Songhay empire with its capital on 
the other, was along the river. 
Haj Mohammed sends the Baku- 
kurakoy 'All Fulanu and Belgha 
Mohammed Kiri against Ma Futa * 
Kaital, the fereng of Baghena, 
who had revolted. 
Haj Mohammed, always extending 
his empire further westward, 
marched against a powerful chief- 
tain, Allam^ Almatni Tfndhar, 
and slew him in Zaru. This is a 
highly interesting expedition, as 
A.D. 
1511 
1512 
A.H. 
917 
918 
Neighbouring Kingdoms. 
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the title " fereng," as a sort of tautology. 
♦ • t The name is remarkable ; " ma," a Mandingo word ; it may belong to 
k*J t-k«li\ Ifc is not im P rol,aDle tnat tne name All'ain expresses the national term Dhelian, 
or Dhelianke, to whom this founder of the new dynasty in Futa Toro belonged. 
