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APPENDIX. 
Name of the King. 
Piincipal Events during the Reign of each King. 
Place where he 
died. 
Length of 
the Reign 
in Lunar 
Years. 
Kanem ; and we have already seen that, in 
consequence, a great number of them mi- 
grated to Bdrnu. 
Of the events of the one-and-twenty years 
which followed these first twelve years of 
this excellent prince, we at present know 
nothing. But I do not doubt that zealous 
research may hereafter bring some more 
documents to light. From the manner of 
Edris's death it may be concluded that he 
waged war till his last moment; for he 
died, according to tradition, on the battle- 
field, being wounded in his breast by a 
hand-bill or gdliyd, thrown at him by a pagan 
concealed in a tree, while waging war with 
a tribe on the borders of Bagirmi, per- 
haps the Ghamergu. We only know for 
certain that he was buried in Alawo, a 
place in the district of Uje, which I have 
touched upon on my journey to A'damawa. 
But notwithstanding these continual wars in 
which the Bdrnu hero was engaged, "he 
promoted the prosperity of the country, 
and the wealth of the towns." Indeed this 
is the only particular which the meagre 
chronicle relates of him besides mention- 
ing the war with 'Abd el Jelil ; and we 
know from Imam A'hmed that he built the 
mosques of clay in Birni Ghasreggomo, 
superseding those of reeds ; and it is to him 
probably that we must refer the brick ruins 
in that town as well as in Ghambaru. 
Altogether Edris Alawoma appears to have 
been an excellent prince, uniting in him- 
self the most opposite qualities : warlike 
energy combined with mildness and intel- 
ligence ; courage, with circumspection and 
patience; severity, with pious feelings. And 
I hope my readers will draw more favour- 
able conclusions from this example as to 
the general character of the Bdrnu kings 
than Denham did from the degenerate 
shadow of his time, when he says* that 
" a sultan of Bdrnu carries no arms, and it 
is beneath his dignity to defend himself." 
Certainly such a man as Edris rarely stands 
alone ; and we cannot refuse to join with 
his name that of his first minister, the war- 
• Denham, vol. i. p. 327. 
