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Songbay. 
A.D. 
A.H. 
Neighbouring Kingdoms. 
tive homes. Even the inspector of 
the harbour, who had retired to 
the province of Banku, or Bengu, 
came back with the fleet. The com- 
munication therefore with Jinni 
and the region on the upper course 
of the river was reopened. 
Having then made a successful ex- 
pedition against the Zoghoran, who 
devastated the districts of Bara 
and Dirma, and inflicted upon 
them a most severe punishment, 
the Kaid Mami went himself to 
Jinni, which had suffered a great 
deal from the devastating incur- 
sions of the pagan Bambara, and 
took up his residence for a time in 
the palace of the Jinnikoy. Having 
then installed 'Abd-Allah ben 'Oth- 
man as governor of Jinni, and 
arranged matters in that distant 
place, he returned to Timbuktu. 
Samba Lamido ("lamido" means 
" governor"), evidently a Pullo, in 
Danka, or Denga, devastated many 
of the places on the Ras el ma, and 
committed great havoc and blood- 
shed. 
Thus the Moroccains had con- 
quered almost the whole of this 
extensive empire, from Dendi as 
far as, and even beyond, Jinni ; for 
they even took possession of part 
of Baghena, and conquered the 
whole province of Hombori, or, 
as it is called from its rocky cha- 
racter, Tondi or El Hajri, to the 
south of the river. Nay, they 
even conquered part of Tombo, 
the strong native kingdom in- 
closed between Hombori, Mosi, 
Jinni, and Jimballa. They had 
their chief garrisons in Jinni, 
Timbuktu, Bamba, which on this 
account received the name Kas- 
bah, in Gagho, and Kalna in Dendi ; 
and their chief strength consisted 
in intermarrying with the natives, 
and thus producing a distinct class 
The Bambara appear as a con- 
quering race. 
