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Waube, erroneously called the Yeou, and towards the 
east by the Shari, and divided, as it would seem, into 
several small kingdoms. 
This powerful tribe was not completely subjugated 
before the time of Edrls Alaw6ma, or the latter part 
of the 16th century ; and it might be matter of sur- 
prise that they are not mentioned at all by the 
chronicle before the middle of the 14th century, if 
it were not that even circumstances and facts of the 
very greatest importance are passed over in silence 
by this arid piece of nomenclature. It would there- 
fore be very inconsistent to conclude from this silence, 
that before the period mentioned the princes of Ka- 
nem had never come into contact with the tribe of 
the Soy ; the reason why the chronicle, sparing as 
it is of information, could not any longer pass them 
over in silence, was that in the space of three years 
they had vanquished and killed four successive kings. 
The places mentioned in the list, where the first 
three of these princes were slain, cannot be iden- 
tified with absolute certainty ; but as for Nanigham, 
where Mohammed ben 'Abd Allah was killed, it cer- 
tainly lay close to, and probably in, the territory of 
the Soy. After this period we learn nothing with 
regard to this tribe until the time of Edrls Alaw6ma, 
although it seems probable that Edris Nikalemi, the 
successor of Mohammed ben 'Abd Allah, and the 
contemporary of Ebn Batiita, had first to gain a 
victory over the Soy, before he was able to sit down 
quietly upon his throne. 
