Chap. XXIX. INDIGENOUS TRIBES. 
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mah, who may possibly be identical with the Ghe- 
marmah, the Temaghera * (evidently a Berber name), 
the Debiri, the Kiinkuna, at present established in 
K&rga, and finally the Tebu or Tubu, or rather 
Teda. Of all these the last-named constituted by 
far the most important and most numerous tribe. 
To them belonged the mother of Dunama ben Hume, 
the most powerful of the older kings of Bornu, who 
appears to have thrice performed the pilgrimage to 
Mekka. Indeed it would seem that the real talisman 
which Dibalami Dunama Selmdmi spoiled consisted 
in the friendly relation between the Berauni or 
Kaniiri and the Tebu, which was so intimate that 
the name of Berauni, which originally belonged to 
the inhabitants of Bornu, is still at present the 
common name given by the Tawarek to the Tebu ; 
or rather, the latter are a race intimately related to 
the original stock of the Kanuri, as must become 
evident to every unprejudiced mind that investigates 
their language.! 
or " armed with shields," like the Kanernbu. at present ; but I have 
satisfied myself that this is not the case. — The Kiye still at the 
present day form the chief portion of the Koyam. 
* \J> Jj&\ ^ < i^cUj. Kera, not Keraw, is the name of the 
place which Mr. Blau (p. 322.) tries to identify with Kerawa, the 
old capital of Mandara. But this is evidently wrong. — There can 
be scarcely any doubt that the Temaghera have given their name 
to the province Demagherim or Damagherim. The letter beginning 
the name was a t. 
•f I shall say more on this subject in the historical introduction 
to my vocabularies. At present I can only refer the reader to a 
few remarks which I have made on the relation between the modi 
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