Chap. XXIX. ACCUKACY OF THE CHRONICLE. 267 
of many years), cannot be a decisive authority on any 
special circumstance. Hence, when he states that the 
name of the king of Bornu, at the time when he 
visited the country, was Abraham (Ibrahim), we may 
confidently assume that he is wrong, and that he 
speaks of the illustrious conqueror 'All ben Diinama, 
who restored peace and glory to that distracted coun- 
try, and, on account of his warlike character and his 
various expeditions, obtained the surname el Ghazi. 
I shall return to this subject in the chronological 
table, in speaking of the reign of 'All ben Dun am a. 
As for the document mentioned above as No. 5., it 
contains a few valuable dates with regard to those 
B6rnu kings who reigned near the time when the 
author obtained his information in Tripoli, while for 
the older times, about which the people could only 
inform him u par tradition de leurs peres" his infor- 
mation is of little value. The most important dates 
which it contains are those which have reference to 
the time of the accession to the throne of the three 
B6rnu kings, 'Abd-Allah ben Diinama, Haj 'Omar, 
and Haj 'All ; and these vary but little from the dates 
computed from the chronicle, and serve therefore to 
confirm its accuracy. 
However, it is not my design to vindicate this 
chronicle from all possibility of error; but my object 
is to show that its general character, dry and meagre 
as it is, has the strongest claim to authenticity. In- 
deed I am sure that it can be fully relied upon, all 
uncertainty being reduced to a space of one or two 
