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APPENDIX IX. 
Songhay. 
A.D. 
A.H. 
Neighbouring Kingdoms. 
the results of it exercised a 
powerful influence as far as the 
coast, where the enterprising Por- 
tuguese were at that time esta- 
blishing their power. For it hap- 
pened just at the time that Kolli, 
Allam's eldest son was absent on 
an expedition, and when he heard 
of the fate of his father he fled with 
his army to Fiita, which at that 
time belonged to the king of Jolof, 
and endeavoured to assume the 
sovereign power, in which attempt 
he succeeded, by the slaughter of 
the king of Jolof. The country of 
Jolof thus became divided between 
Kolli (Kolli Salti [Sattigi ?] Tind- 
har) and Diimala (Damil, a com- 
mon title, the Temala of the Por- 
tuguese), the most powerful of the 
governors of the former king of 
Jolof. 
The Portuguese in the Senegal 
quite surprised at the great 
flame of war (incendio di 
guerra) which at that time 
ravaged all the countries from 
east to west.* 
Kolli founded a powerful Negro 
dynasty, and was succeeded 
by his son Yuriina, to whom 
succeeded Kalabi (Kolli Lab - 
be) Batara, a most excellent 
prince, celebrated on account 
of his piety and justice ; then 
followed Kata, son of Yurima. 
At the end of this year, the Songhay 
king marched against Katsena, and 
returned from thence in the first 
Rebf of the following year. This is 
an extraordinary short time for 
so distant an expedition, even if 
he had been residing in the eastern- 
most part of his empire at the time 
when he undertook it. Neverthe- 
less, if we can believe Leo, the 
A'skia conquered not only Katsena 
but also Gober (which already at 
that time had a very large capital 
and a good trade, and consider- 
able industry, especially in leather 
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The Portuguese, under D'A- 
taide, take possession of 
Azemmur. 
* The following is the highly interesting account which we have received from De Barros {Asia, J. I. 3. c 12, 
p. 258.) of this great commotion : — " E nao somente per estes e per Pero d' Evora, mas ainda per hum Mem Royz 
escudeiro de sua casa e per Pero de Astuniga seu moco d' esporas que elle levava por companheiro, mandou El Rey 
algunas vezes recados a El Rey de Tungubutu e ao mesmo Temala (Damil) que se chiamava Rey dos Fullos. O 
qual Temala nestes tiempos foi nas quellas partes hum incendio de guerra levantandose da parte do Sol ex huma 
Comarca chamada Futa con tanto numero de gente que seccavam hum rio quando a elle chegavam ; e assiera 
esquivo e barbaro este acoute d' aquella gente paga que assolava quanto se lhe punha diante. E como con vesta 
ferocidade tinlia feito grande damno emos amigos e servidores del Key, principalmente a el Rey de Tungubutu, 
Mandi Mansa, Uli Mansa mandou lhe per algunas vezes seus recados de amizade, e outrosderogo sobre os negocios 
da guerra que tinha com estes." It is highly interesting to see how the course of affairs in this quarter confirms all 
that we know from other sources. Thus M. le Colonel Faidherbe, at present governor of the Senegal, in op- 
position to common tradition, which would have carried back the foundation of the new dynasty in Fiita, which he 
well understood proceeded from the east, to the middle of the fourteenth century, arrives at the conclusion that it 
must have been established about the year 1500. Bulletin de la Soc. Geogr., iv. p. 281. 
