CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF THE HISTORY OF BO'RNU. 641 
Name of the King. 
Principal Events during the Reign of each King. 
Place where he 
died. 
Length of 
the Reign 
in Lunar 
Years. 
'Omar. 
Son of Edrfs. 
This prince was at length so hardly pressed 
by the Bulala that he finally, with the con- 
sent of his ulama, gave up Kanem en- 
tirely, transferring his residence to Kagha, 
a district of some forty miles in extent, 
between Uje and Gujeba, notorious in 
Bornu as the refuge of every defeated 
party during the civil wars, where they 
went to recruit their strength. And though, 
in the course of time, Bornu recovered 
from intestine troubles, and flourished once 
more under mighty princes, who even van- 
quished the Bulala, none of them ever re- 
turned to Kanem in order to fix his 
residence there. 
Demaghfya. 
(Not, as it seems, 
Maghiya.) 
5. 
A. H. 
796—800. 
A. D, 
1394—1398. 
Said. 
A usurper, as it would seem ; for the chro- 
nicle does not give him the usual title of 
sultan, but calls him merely "melek," and 
does not name his father. Nevertheless 
he must be reckoned in the list of the 
Bornu kings. The Bulala, not content with 
having wrested Kanem from the hands of 
their enemies, followed them into their new 
retreat, and vanquished and killed Said 
near Dekakfya. 
Dekakfya. 
1. 
A.H. 801. 
a.d. 1398-9. 
Kade A'funtj. 
Son of Edn's. 
Fell likewise in the war with the Bulala in 
the course of a year, having, as it would 
seem, resumed the offensive. Why the sur- 
name " A'fho," or " A'funu," was given to 
him is not clear ; perhaps from his mother 
being of A'fno (Hausa) origin. 
Ghadhurii (?). 
(Not Ghumuzu.) 
1. 
a.h. 802. 
A. D. 
1399—1400. 
BlRX. 
Son of Edris. 
A long reign, after several short and unfor- 
tunate ones ; but the only fact with regard 
to it of which we are informed, namely, a 
civil war between the king and the ke- 
ghamma or seraskier, Mohammed ben Diltu, 
is not of a kind to give an idea of repose 
and happiness. The ensuing period of the 
history of Bornu may be called a period of 
civil war and of the, greatest distress. 
Kanantu. 
(In Bagharmi ?) 
33. 
A. H. 
803—^-35. 
A. D. 
1400—1432. 
'Othman Kal- 
NAMA. 
Son of Daud. 
Succumbed, after a short reign of a few 
months, to the party of the keghamma Ni- 
kale ben Ibrahim and the yerfma Kade ; 
A'funu, 
Kano.* 
9 mo. 
A. H. 836. 
A. D. 1432. 
* The name is clearly written in my MS. ; and there is not the least doubt that Kano is meant. Blau, /. c, reads 
Kuttu. 
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