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APPENDIX IX 
Songhay. 
A.D. 
A.H. 
Neighbouring Kingdoms. 
without having obtained the slight- 
est success. It is therefore next to 
impossible that A'skia achieved the 
conquest of the Hausa provinces, 
J "1-31 T ~ 
as described by Leo. 
Haj Mohammed again visited the 
western part of his empire, and 
on the 15th Ramadhan stayed in 
Timbuktu. 
The name Songhay, not mentioned 
by former authors, becomes con- 
spicuous, being employed as well 
by Leo as by De Barros. 
1518 
924 
The king resided again in Songhay 
Proper, and was in Sankar, a place 
beyond Kukia, wnen ne learnt the 
death of his beloved brother, 
'Omar Kumzaghu, to whom he 
was so much indebted for the 
stability of his rule. He then in- 
vested another brother named 
Yahia,with the governor- orfereng- 
ship of Kurmina, which certainly 
was the most important province 
of the empire. 
1520 
926 
Haj Mohammed lost another brother, 
'Omar the Tumbutu-koy (see 
p. 598.) ; and thus having been de- 
prived of his most faithful servants, 
and having passed the prime of life, 
became the plaything of his over- 
bearing sons, the intrigues taking 
a more open turn after some affair 
in Banku, or Bango, the character 
of which is not quite clear. 
1521-2 
1524-5 
928 
931 
At length affairs assumed such a seri- 
ous character, that the heir-appar- 
ent, or Ferengmangha Haj Musa, 
the eldest son of the king, who had 
accompanied him on his pilgrim- 
age, threatened to kill him ; so 
that the aged Mohammed fled to 
Tindirma, and placed himself under 
the protection of his brother Ya- 
hia. The latter then seems to 
1527-8 
934 
