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APPENDIX IX. 
Songhay. 
A.D. 
A.H. 
Neighbouring Kingdoms. 
Musa, having returned to Gagho, 
continued the attempt to murder 
his remaining brothers, as far as he 
was able to lay his hands on them, 
while they on their part, endea- 
voured to rid themselves of their 
tormentor, so that he had not a mo- 
ment's rest. 
1533 
940 
'Abd el Kermi ben Maghili, 
from Bu "AH, in Tawat, the 
great apostle of Middle Ne- 
groland, where he is stated to 
have transplanted the power 
formerly grafted upon Son- 
ghay, is said to have died this 
year. If this be really the case, 
as it would seem to be, a former 
passage in my work about this 
distinguished man (Vol. II. p. 
76.) has to be altered a little. 
At this period, the Portuguese 
sent presents to the king of 
Melle, who was reduced to the 
western provinces of his em- 
pire, and therefore is now 
styled Mandi Mansa, and who 
then waged war with Temala 
(the Damil, rey dos Fullos; 
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endeavoured also to open com- 
munication with the king of 
Mosi (el rey dos Moses), of 
whose power they had re- 
ceived reports, but from the 
wrong side, namely, from Be- 
nin. The king of Mosi was 
then waging war with the 
Mandi Mansa. 
in this sanguinary reign, it is cheer- 
ing to find that the Portuguese 
sent an embassy, among the 
other princes in the interior, also 
to a nephew of this Musa, king of 
Songhay*, from the side of Mina, 
or Elmina, their colony on the gold 
coast. 
Musa died. Mohammed Bankore, 
son of 'Omar Kumzaghu, was 
1534 
1535-6 
941 
942 
* " Tamben per via da fortaieza da Mina mandarao a Mohamed bem Manzugue e neto de Mussa Rey de Songo, que 
de huma Cidade das mais populosas daquella grao Provincia a que nos communemente chamamos Mandinga, a qual 
Cidade jaz no parallelo do Cabo das palmas, mettida dentro no sertao per distancia de cento e quarenta leguas, 
segundo a setuacao das taboas da nossa Geografia." — De Barros, Asm, 1. c. p. 259. That nephew of Musa, 
therefore, was evidently governor of the former principal province of the kingdom of Melle. The king, says 
De Barros further on, was not a little surprised at the king of Portugal sending him presents. It is very probable 
that among these presents were the articles of Portuguese workmanship mentioned by the author of the memoir to 
Philip II. on the power of Mulay e' Dhehebi, as found by the Maroccains among the spoil of Gagho. See lower 
down. 
