HISTORICAL SKETCH OF WA'da'y. 
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Yusuf was succeeded by his infant son Rakeb, who after 
seventeen or eighteen months died from the small-pox, when 
a man belonging to a lateral branch of the royal family, 
namely, ' Abd el f Aziz, son of Radama, whose father Gandigin 
was a younger son of Joda Mohammed Sulay, while his 
mother also belonged to the royal line, ascended the throne ; 
and being supported by the warlike tribe of the Kodoyi 
(called by the Arabs Bu-senun, on account of their red teeth), 
among whom he had taken his residence, he succeeded in 
maintaining his position, in an almost continuous struggle 
with his adversaries. The first conflict which he had to 
sustain was against the Kelingen, who put forth, not Jafar, 
the rightful claimant to the succession, but another pretender, 
named Kede ; they were, however, totally beaten, near a 
place in the vicinity of Wara, called Folkoto. 
f Abd el f Aziz had hardly begun to enjoy some tranquillity, 
when the tribe of the Kondongo, leaving their mountain 
seats, marched against him ; but they likewise were beaten, 
and almost annihilated, in a battle fought near a place called 
Burtay. 'Abd el f Aziz, who has been represented to me by 
my informants as a man of excellent qualities, and of great 
intelligence, died likewise of the small-pox, after a reign of 
five years and a half, when his infant son A 'dam was placed 
upon the throne, but, after a little more than a year, was 
dethroned, and carried into honourable captivity, into Dar 
Fur. 
The circumstances which led to this revolution were as 
follows. Mohammed Saleh, not quite correctly named e' 
Sherif, who had stealthily entered Waday a long time pre- 
viously, but had not been able to collect a party sufficiently 
strong to enable him to assert his claims openly as the brother 
of Sabtin, had at length addressed himself to Mohammed 
Fadhl, the king of Dar Fur, and, under promise of a consi- 
derable tribute to be paid yearly, had induced that prince to 
assist him in obtaining the kingdom of Waday ; and in the 
misery in which that country was just then plunged by a 
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