CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF THE HISTORY 
OF BO'rNU. 
651 
Name of the King. 
Principal Events during the Reign of each King. 
Place where he 
died. 
Length of 
the Reign 
in Lunar 
Years. 
cribing the embassy, which in the year 
1578 arrived in that place to 'Abd Allah 
instead of to the new prince, who had only 
a few years previously ascended the throne, 
and was not yet known on the coast. 
With regard to the interior affairs of the 
kingdom, the principal object of Edris 
Alawoma seems to have been to subdue en- 
tirely, or even to exterminate, if possible, 
those heterogeneous elements of which the 
kingdom had been formed, and which had 
been allowed by his predecessors (intent on 
the superficial advantages of distant con- 
quests) to undermine the very strength of 
the empire. He therefore seems to have 
turned his attention immediately to the So, 
or Soy, who, though evidently greatly re- 
duced from their former predominance and 
power, yet still possessed many extensive 
districts and numerous strongholds in the 
immediate neighbourhood of the principal 
settlements of the Bornu people, against 
whom they not only successfully vindicated 
their independence, but even continually 
harassed them by inroads. He therefore first 
attacked that division of this great tribe 
which inhabited the fertile districts on the 
river (Komadugu Waube), and was called 
Ghaffate (Ngaufate ?), with several sub- 
divisions, among which we find the names 
of the Ghidama and the Dughuti. In order 
to conquer their extensive and strong ca- 
pital, Damasak, he built at some distance 
from it a large and fortified camp, where 
he placed a great part of his army, and 
further north another smaller one. Having 
harassed the enemy for some time by daily 
attacks from these places, cutting down 
their corn and their trees, he at length 
undertook to besiege the place ; and having 
succeeded in taking it, he killed or carried 
away its inhabitants, after which the smaller 
places around shared the same fate. The 
rest of the people of Dughuti fled to Ka- 
nem. He then attacked another large and 
strong pagan fortress called A'msaka, or 
A'masak, situated between Gamerghu and 
Mandara, and succeeded in taking it chiefly 
by means of his muskets. He then pro- 
ceeded against the tribe of the Gamerghu, 
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