CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF THE HISTORY OF BO'RNU. 665 
Name of the King. 
Ibrahi'm. 
A. H. 1233— 1263. 
A. 1). 1818—1846. 
Principal Events during the Reign of each King. 
Sheikh Omar. 
Son of Mohammed 
el Kanemi. 
a. H. 1251. 
A.u. 1835. 
hammed el Kanemi being frustrated in this 
way, then entered into a covenant with the 
ruler of Fezzan ; and a combined expe- 
dition was organized in the year 1818, 
which was altogether very successful. The 
whole of the northern part of Bagirmi 
was overrun, the large towns of Babaliya 
and Gawi were destroyed, and the sheikh 
spent a day or two in Mas-ena, the capital 
of the country ; but no decisive blow could 
be struck, the king with his whole army 
having retired to Mankhfa and taken up a 
very strong position defended by the river 
and a great number of boats. 
Installing in the deceased sultan's place 
Ibram, or Ibrahim, Dunama's brother, 
the sheikh continued the struggle with 
Bagirmi, and on the 24th of March of 
the year 1824, as we know from the report 
of Denham's expedition, was so fortunate as 
to gain, on the same battle-field of Isfgala, 
a decided victory over his valiant south- 
eastern neighbour, which seems to have set 
him at once at rest. Having thus obtained 
leisure on this side, and having extinguished 
a revolt of the Manga, Mohammed el Ka- 
nemi seems to have turned his attention 
westward, in order to recover, if possible, 
some of the provinces of the old empire of 
Bornu. At first he was very successful, 
and penetrated far into the interior of the 
province of Bauchi ; but in the year 1826 
the officers of Sultan Bello beat his army, 
and he himself had a narrow escape. He 
seems to have then concluded a peace. 
He made also several attempts to reduce 
Kanem to a state of obedience, and here 
had to contend with Waday. Mohammed 
el Kanemi died in 1835 *, leaving forty- 
three sons, and having named for his suc- 
cessor his eldest son 'Omar, who was to be 
succeeded, if he should die early, by Abd 
e' Rahman, and then by Yusuf. 
Omar's reign is remarkable on account of 
his having made an end of the Sefuwa alto- 
gether. He seemed from the first desirous 
of peace in every direction, and had the 
Place where he 
died. 
* The exact date of his death I cannot find at present. 
