CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF THE HISTORY OF BO'RNU. 643 
Name of the King. 
Principal Events during the Reign of each King. 
Place where he 
died. 
Length of 
the Reign 
in Lunar 
Years. 
Mer, or Amer. 
Son of 'Aaisha 
daughter of 'Oth- 
Tarmata. 
1. 
A. h. 860. 
A. D. 1456. 
MOHAMMED. 
Son of Kade. 
A very cruel and sanguinary prince ; pro- 
bably reigned but a very short time, only 
a few days. 
Meghjibad- 
Neri-Ker- 
biiri (?). 
(?) 
Ghaji. 
Son of Amala, or 
Imata. 
Defeated in battle, and killed by Mohammed 
son of ' Abd Allah, the king of Kanem. 
Matakla 
Ghamer. 
5. 
A. H. 
861—865. 
A. D. 
1 A \ ACA 
I400 — 14ol. 
'Othman. 
Son of Kade. 
Notwithstanding his excellent qualities as a 
prince, he was dethroned in consequence of 
a civil war with "All Ghajideni, who, though 
he apparently had the upper hand, by some 
unknown circumstances, or from some un- 
known reasons of his own, to which we have 
no key, allowed another person to occupy 
the throne that had thus become vacant. 
Mikidha. 
5. 
A H. 
866—870. 
a. n. 
1461—1466. 
'Omar. 
Son of'Abd Allah. 
A despotical reign, spent in dispute with a 
more powerful and successful rival, Mo- 
hammed ben Mohammed, who, in the course 
of a year, gained the upper hand, and pro- 
bably killed 'Omar. 
Ghomtalu. 
(Reka ?) 
1. 
A.H. 871. 
A.D. 1466. 
Mohammed. 
Son of Mohammed. 
A courageous and powerful prince. 
Breda.* 
5. 
A. H. 
872—876. 
A. D. 
1467—1471. 
'Ali. 
Son of Dunama, 
known generally in 
B6rnu under the 
name of Mai 'Ali 
Ghajideni. 
A glorious reign, beginning a new epoch in 
the history of Bornu. First of all, 'AH 
Ghajideni made an end of the civil wars, 
which had torn and wasted the kingdom 
for so long a period, having vanquished 
and killed his old rival 'Othman ben Kade, 
whom he had formerly dethroned, and who 
began the struggle once more. He then 
restored the equilibrium between the dif- 
ferent officers of high rank, the excessive 
power of some of these officers, particu- 
larly that of the keghammaf, having been 
the principal cause of all those disturb- 
Ghasreggomo. 
33. 
A.H. 
877-909. 
A.D. 
1472—1504. 
* Thus the name is clearly written in my copy ; but in another copy it seems to be Berbera. 
T What an immense power this officer must at one time have enjoyed is amply and clearly illustrated by the fact 
that his sons were entitled princes (" mai-na "), and his daughters princesses (" mai-ram"), like the children of the 
sultan, the difference of rank being only expressed by adding the word " keghanima-ram. 
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