Chap. XXIX. CHRONOLOGY. 261 
dates for the more important 
periods of the history 
of B6rnu. 
A. H. 
A. D. 
Beginning of the reign of Ayuma 
391 
1000, 1 
Beginning of the reign of Hume, the 
first Moslim king 
479 
1086 
Reign of Dunama Dibalami, the war- 
like and daring king who spoiled 
the talisman of Bornu 
618-658 
moi 1 n»fi rr\ 
lzzl-12o9, 60 
Beginning of the reign of Ibrahim 
Nikalemi - 
707 
1307 
Beginning of the reign of Edris ben 
Ibrahim - - 
754 
1353 
End of flip rpiori of Djiiifl wlin mip- 
r.nmhpfl to thp Bnhila 
VUiil^V^U Vllt/ -1— -» 11 -It 1 1 <A) 
789 
1387 
End of the reign of Othman ben Edris 
795 
1392,3 
The reign of 'Omar, who abandoned 
Ins vp^i dpncp in Tvjinpm flltoorpf.npr 
XXAtJ 1 111 X»-Cv 11 V^I 11 UlW-Vlllvl « 
ceding it to the Bulala 
796-799 
lo9d--1396 
Beginning of the reign of 'All Duna- 
mami - - - 
877 
1472 
Beginning of the reign of Edris Ka- 
tarkamabi - 
911 
1505 
Beginning of the reign of Edris Ala- 
woma - 
980 
1572 
Beginning of the reign of Haj 'Omar 
1036 
1626, 7 
Beginning of the reign of 'AH ben 
Haj 'Omar - 
1055 
1645 
Having obtained these dates, we have first to 
observe that to fill up the period from Ayuma to 
Dhu Yazan, the presumed ancestor of the Sefuwa, 
and even known as such to Abu '1 Feda as well as to 
Makrizi, and whose age (as being that of a man who 
predicted the coming of the prophet) is fixed beyond 
all doubt, only six generations are left. This is the 
circumstance which I mentioned above as speaking 
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