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Danna ; Dagga, who is the E'dderi of the army, that is to 
say, he has the command of the rear; then Magene ; El Horr; 
Hanno, the Agid of the llamide, who is not a slave, but a 
native of Waday; Jerma Shogoma; Kaffa, and others. 
There are several captains of the sultan's own cavalry with 
the title of Jerma : as Jerma Angamtu, Jerma Dhohob, J. 
Rebek, J. Kaukob, J. Hassan, J. Siyade, J. Dhahab, J. 
Fudhl, who has his station generally in Kanem, J. Mongo, 
and J. Benay. 
Household of the Sultan.— The principal persons composing 
the household of the sultan of Waday are the kolotus and the 
merams, the former title being given to every son of the 
monarch, and the latter to all his daughters. Of kolotus 
there were during my stay in Bagirmi five. Mohammed, the 
heir apparent, who already at that time was said not to be on 
good terms with his father, was born of a Pullo or Fel- 
latniye woman, whom Mohammed Sal eh married in Kor- 
dofan, and for this reason the greater part of the people 
of Waday did not wish him to succeed to the sovereign power. 
f Ali and A'dim were born of one and the same mother, 
Madem Shekoma. Khodr, the third son, and Makhnmdi, 
are by another mother. After the kolotus and merams 
follow the habbabat, or, as the Wadawy call them in their 
own tongue, ellsi (sing, elik), the wives or concubines of 
the .sultan, of whom Shekoma and Sokay were said to be 
the favourites. 
The officers who have the management of the house- 
hold of the monarch, or part of it, under their inspec- 
tion, are as follows : the barakena-koli, meaning royal 
servants in general ; the dalali-koli, or (i siyade el alboye," 
who have to make and repair the tents ; the tuwerat, or mes- 
sengers ; the motor-mele, or bearers of the spears ; the tangna- 
koli, or pages and chamberlains ; the ayal-legedabe, or messen- 
gers waiting in the shed or hall, " legedabe," for the occa- 
sional orders of their master ; then the korayat, or siyad el 
khel, the masters of the horses, the garraf iu, or " siyad el 
