IMA'M A'HMED'S ACCOUNT OF KA'NEM. 505 
detour], went first to Saghi (Sheghi, Shiri ?) ^ 
which he reached at sunset. 
From Saghi, starting before sunrise, reached Njimiye by- 
way of I'kma ^\ and Ghurfala jj^t 
The return of Edris to Njimiye happened just at the right 
time ; for the Bulala king, who had received the news of 
Edris' return to Kanem on his way to Bagirmi, or as it 
is here written, in the form usual to the Kanuri, 
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Bagharmi ^j*/*} led his host against the Bornu army, 
and had almost succeeded in taking the camp by sur- 
prise, when Edris arrived and compelled him to fly. 
From Njimiye Edris now went to Ghimara 
From Ghimara, in a southerly direction, to Satoin 
a place close to Yitukurma. 
From Satom to Daghelu or Daghelwa , where f Abd 
el Jelil had taken up his residence, but fled. [Daghelti, 
most probably, is identical with Taghghel.] 
Returning from Daghelu to Satom, Edris met his vizier 
in Kargha-Simsim &J~j£=i* [consequently Daghelu 
lay south from Kargha, or in the southern part of 
Kargha]. 
In Simsim, Edris had a conference with some Arabs 
[Shuwa] and Tebu or Tubu as A'hmed generally 
writes the name. The latter chose to migrate to Bornu, 
while the former, who enjoyed a strict alliance with the 
Bornu king, remained behind in Kanem. 
From Simsim Edris went northwards to Ban [evi- 
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* In my MS., before this name there is a slight mistake, caused 
by a repetition of the first part of the name. 
