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APPENDIX VI. 
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF WA'da'Y. 
In the chapter wherein we have treated of the history of 
Bagirmi, we have seen that the tribe of the Tynjur founded 
a large empire, which, as it consisted of an agglomeration of 
heterogeneous elements loosely connected together, was over- 
whelmed and torn to pieces in less than one hundred years 
after its foundation. The first part which separated from 
the body, comprises the eastern regions; Kuril, the third 
predecessor of Simian, who was the first Moslim king of 
Dar Fur, vanquishing the Tynjur, and vindicating the 
dominion of those quarters to the tribe of the Furawy. 
As for the centre of the empire of the Tynjur, it was over- 
thrown by the founder of the Mohammedan empire of Wa- 
day, namely, 'Abd el Kerim, the son of Yame, according to 
indigenous tradition, in the year 1020 of the Hejra. 
Woda, the son of Yame, belonging to the tribe of the 
Gemir *, who at that time were settled in Shendy, and had 
embraced Islamism, had emigrated with his countrymen into 
the regions which afterwards, in honour of him it is said, were 
comprised under the name of Waday ; and here he is reported 
to have exercised considerable authority in the empire of 
the Tynjur. His grandson, c Abd el Kerim, is said, to 
have been governor of certain provinces of the empire of 
Daud, who at that time ruled the empire of the Tynjur, 
though he had already felt the mighty hand of his eastern 
neighbour SKman, the first Mohammedan kino; of Dar Fur. 
Instigated by a religious feeling, this man is said to have 
spent several years in Bidderi, a place about ten miles to the 
* The derivation of this royal family from the 'Abbasiyin is 
altogether imaginary. I am in possession of a letter with the royal 
seal. 
