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Songhay. 
Mulay Ismaail succeeds him, but with- 
out being able to establish his power 
over all parts of the empire. It is 
very remarkable, that this king 
formed a standing army of Negroes, 
especially Songhay, whom he mar- 
ried to Moroccain women, in order 
to rule his own subjects ; just in 
the same manner as a body of Mo- 
roccain soldiers intermarrying with 
Negro women dominated Songhay. 
These were the "'abid mt'a Sidi 
Bokhari."* 
Mulay A'hmed, the nephew of Mu- 
lay Ismaail, governor of Dara and 
Sus, undertook an expedition into 
Sudan, with a large body of troops, 
and although he lost 1500 men in 
crossing the desert, brought back 
a rich spoil in gold and slaves, prin- 
cipally from a place called Tagaret, 
which it is not easy to identify, 
especially as it is said that he found 
there a king of Sudan. It is pro- 
bably a place in Tagamet, most 
likely Tejigja. There is no men- 
tion of a garrison dependent upon 
Morocco. In this same year Tim- 
buktu is said to have been con- 
quered by the Mandingoes (Bam- 
bara ?). 
Mulay A'hmed el Dhehebi succeeds 
to the aged Ismaail. Although his 
reign lasted only two years, and he 
was constantly engaged in civii 
war, he is said to have made an ex- 
pedition into Sudan, from whence 
he brought back great treasures.! 
But this is evidently a confused 
statement, and probably refers to 
the deeds of his elder namesake, 
Mulay A'hmed el Dhehebi. 
A.D. 
1672 
1680 
Mar. 22, 
1727 
A.H. 
1083 
1091 
1140-1 
Neighbouring Kingdoms. 
Hennun, the son of Bohedal, 
chief of the Welad Mebarek, 
received the investiture as 
ruler of Baghena from Ismaail. 
About this time Soba,the mighty 
king of Gober, residing in 
Maghale, one day W. of Che- 
beri, makes warlike expedi- 
tions beyond the Kwara. 
* There is great confusion in an article concerning this subject in a letter addressed by Jackson to Sir James 
Bankes, in the Proceedings of the African Association, vol. i. p. 306. Here the annual tribute which Timbuktu paid 
to this king is estimated at 5,000,000 dollars. The same sort of exaggeration we find in all Jackson's statements. 
t Even the very meritorious Graberg de Hemso, in his Specchio di Marocco, p. 269., repeats this statement. 
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