CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF THE HISTORY OF SONGHAY. 607 
Songhay. 
A.D. 
A.H. 
Neighbouring Kingdoms. 
made A'skia in a place called Man- 
sur. This cruel prince drove the 
old Haj Mohammed from the royal 
palace, where even Miisa had left 
him, and imprisoned him in a place 
called Kankaka. Mohammed Ban- 
kore was a warlike prince, but he 
was not successful in his career, 
nor was he a favourite with the 
people. He marched against Kanta, 
but was totally routed at a place 
called Wen-termasa (a Berber 
name), and fled most ingloriously, 
having a very narrow escape 
through the waters of the Niger. 
The power of the kingdom 
of Kebbi more firmly esta- 
blished. But after the death 
of the first Kanta, the founder 
of the dynasty, his two sons, 
Kanna and Himaddu, fight for 
the royal power, when Hi- 
maddu is said to have driven 
back the former with the aid 
of the Fulbe. 
He then marched against Gurma, 
and sent Mari Tamiza, the fereng 
of Dendi, against the enemy. But 
the latter having laid in chains all 
the leading men in the army, de- 
posed the king, 2nd Dhu el K'ada 
(12th April), and installed Ismaail, 
a son of Haj Mohammed, on the 
throne as A'skia. 
1536 
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Ismaail brought his aged father from 
Kankaka back to Gagho, where he 
died in the night preceding the 
'Aid el Fotr, and was buried in 
the great mosque. In the same 
year Ismaail went to Dire.* 
1537 
944 
A'skia Ismaail then marched against 
theBakaboki (the chief of Bojjo ?), 
in Gurma, and killed and carried 
into slavery a great many people ; 
so that a slave in Gagho fetched 
not more than 300 shells. 
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945 
A'skfa Ismaail, a very energetic and 
much respected king, unfortunately 
reigned too short a period, and 
died after a reign of not more 
than two years, nine months, six 
1539 
946 
* This phrase,^ti^)l ^Jb<J 1^3 j has not been translated by Mr. Ralfs. 
