ima'm a'hmed's account of ka'nem. 513 
Kanem from Kelu*, and he pursued his march till he 
came to Listen ^j^l a place which is stated to have 
belonged formerly to the tribe of the Kilabeti ^% 
and which contained a great number of cottages or tents 
cl>jJi\ I should believe that Kelu is the country 
of the Kaleama in the south-eastern quarter of the 
Tsad, if anything were said about his having crossed 
Bari and Kargha ; but at least it is evident that it was 
a distant march of several days. 
From Kelu, Edris returned northwards, and fought a san- 
guinary battle with 'Abd el JeKI, the Bulala king, 
_ o-— y 
before Kiyayaka 4<oL£ (a little further on less correct 
Kiyayaka was a district where the Bulala, after their other 
strongholds I'kima, A'ghafi, and Agho had been destroyed, 
had built a new fortress, at the instigation, it is said, of the 
princesses. This fortification, or rather group of three different 
* This passage is of the highest interest ; and I therefore give 
the words of the author : — 
The author evidently speaks of a watercourse, and not of a dry 
valley ; but it is not clear whether it be an independent river or 
part of the Tsad. Compare the passage in the preceding note, where 
he speaks about this same Kelu, and calls it ^vJl 
and the note (*) on the following page. 
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