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Songhay. 
A.D. 
A.H. 
Neighbouring Kingdoms. 
Timbuktu, under the sovereignty of 
TVTnnnnno" nt, thnr. timp lcino* of 
Bambara [very questionable].* 
Professor Ritter f supposes the 
Moors to have been ejected at 
tli: if. timp <?n t.hflt, Timbiilrtn hp- 
came an independent Negro town. 
1803-4 
1218 
El Mukhtar opens friendship 
with 'Orhman d:in T^odip thp 
Jihadi, who this year entered 
into open hostility against 
Bawa, the king of Gobcr, and 
Tirnii ctVi t, fiViotit, tliflt, miinpimp 
revolution in the whole centre 
of Negroland. 
About this period a great strug- 
gle between the Awelfmmiden 
and flip Tfidpmpkkpt 
1 804 
121 0 
Thp Fiilbp mjikp frrtrwlo in 
1 iiu ji 1 1- 1 1. v iiiti iv v_ VI tl 1 1 v v / , in 
Kebbi, the seat of their opera- 
tions. 
Mungo Park navigates the Niger. 
1805-6 
1220-1 
The Ruma, still powerful be- 
tween Sebi and Timbuktu, 
dominate the passage of the 
Niger. 
1811 
1226 
Sidi Mukhtar dies. 
Mohammed or A'kmed Lebbo brings 
the religious banner from Gando : 
and gradually acquires the su- 
premacy in Masinaover the native 
chiefs. 
1816 
1232-3 
Great and sanguinary battle 
between the Songhay, Ruma, 
and Berabish on the one side, 
and the Awelfmmiden on the 
other, near the island Kur- 
kozay. 
1817 
1233 
Sheikh 'Othman dan Fodie be- 
fore his death divides his ex- 
tensive dominions between his 
brother Abd-Allahi and his 
son Bello, the former receiving 
all the western provinces 
along the Niger, with Gando 
as his capital, the latter the 
south-easterly provinces, with 
Sokoto. 
Lebbo commences hostilities with 
Mohammed Galaijo, the chief of 
Konari, vanquishes him, and forces 
him to retreat eastward. 
1820 
1236-7 
Constant war between Masina 
and Bambara. 
* Proceedings of the African Association, ii. p. 322. 
t Hitter, Erdkuude von Afrika, p. 446. seq., especially from Sidi Hamcd's statement (p. 303.). 
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