CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF THE HISTORY OF SONGHAY. 619 
Songhay. 
A.D. 
A.H. 
Neighbouring Kingdoms. 
But the fate of Songhay was de- 
cided ; treachery and disunion 
still further impaired the power 
which, even if well kept together, 
would still have had great diffi- 
culty in resisting such an enemy. 
When therefore that very body of 
cavalry rendered homage to the 
Balm'a Mohammed Kagho,in the be- 
ginning of the last year of the tenth 
century of the Hejra, and made 
him A'skia, Fs-hak seeing that 
all was lost, (from Dendi, where he 
staid at the time ?) took the direc- 
tion of Kebbi.* He was, however, 
obliged to retrace his steps, as the 
Kanta, the ruler of that kingdom, 
which at that period was still enjoy- 
ing very great power, —-afraid pro- 
bably of drawing upon himself the 
revenge of the dreaded foreign foe, 
who with the thunder of his mus- 
ketry was disturbing the repose of 
Negroland ; or, moved by that an- 
cient hatred which, since the expe- 
dition to A'gades, existed between 
the Songhay and the inhabitants of 
Kebbi, — refused him admission 
into his dominions. Fs-hak there- 
forere crossed the river, and went to 
Teraf, where his last friends took 
leave of him. Even the inhabitants 
of this very place, who have pre- 
cp-pvpn tnpiT* innp'nPTinpnpp till t.np 
present day, were not able, or were 
not inclined, to defend their liege 
lord. "There they separated, and 
bade each other farewell. The king 
wept, and they (the courtiers) 
wept, and it was the last time that 
they saw each other." There was 
certainly a strong reason for weep- 
ing over the fate of Songhay. 
1591-2 
1000 
The tribe of the Erhamena 
becomes powerful in the west. 
The Zoghoi an or Jawambe con- 
quer great portions of the 
former Songhay country. 
* Baba A'hnied writes this name exactly as it is pronounced, L while the name Kabi is never used, but 
y * 
must have been formerly used, as is evident, from the form KaMwa. See page 201. 
\ Jti (P- 553.), not Tara. There is no doubt that the well-known Songhay town of that name (Vol. IV. Ap. V.) 
is meant. 
