CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF THE HISTORY OF SONGHAY. 621 
Songhay. 
evidently governed the country 
with a strong hand, nevertheless, 
in the beginning at least, thought 
it more prudent to keep up a 
certain national form, and con- 
ferred the dignity of A'skfa upon 
the Barakoy Bultu ; but the latter 
soon found it better to provide for 
his own safety by a speedy flight, 
and the Basha then gave the hollow 
title of A'skia to SHman ben 
A'skia Daud, who had been the 
first to put himself under his 
protection. 
The Basha then went to pursue Nuh, 
formerly governor of Bantal, who, 
having been liberated from his 
prison by Mohammed Kagho, 
returned to Dendi, that outlying 
and important province of Son- 
ghay, as soon as he saw his pro- 
tector fail, and declared himself 
A'skfa in Dendi ; but even be- 
yond the Niger he seemed not to 
be safe ; such was the remarkable 
vigour of this small Moroccain 
army, and the energy of its leader, 
under the auspices of that as- 
piring genius Mulay Hamed. On 
the frontier of Dendi, the Moroc- 
cain musketeers, within hearing of 
the subjects of Kanta, fought a bat- 
tle with this last germ of Songhay 
independence, and vanquished 
A'skfa Nuh even there ; and the 
Basha pursued the fugitive prince 
without relaxation from place to 
place for full two years, fighting 
repeated battles with him. Nay, 
he even built a fortress or kasbah 
in Kalna (? *), and placed there a 
garrison of 200 musketeers under 
the Kaid 'Omar, as if he intended 
A.D. 
A.H. 
Neighbouring Kingdoms. 
A). 
According to the writer, whose interesting account Macguckin de Slane has published in the 
" Revue Africaine," i. n. 4. p. 296., the authority of Mansur extended as far as Kano : nay, even the ruler of B6rnu 
is said to have made his subjection ; but the latter assertion is very improbable, the then ruler of B6rnu being none 
else than the warlike and energetic Edris A'lawoma. It is remarkable, however, that that author mentions Kand 
■without saying anything about Kebbi, which was the neighbouring kingdom, intervening between Songhay and 
Kano, and at that time very powerful. 
