CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF THE HISTORY OF BO'RNU. 667 
Name of the King. 
Principal Events during the Reign of each King. 
Place where he 
died. 
Length of 
the Keign 
in Lunar 
Years. 
tected only by Shuwa. This was the ford 
of Sma Facha, at the headland a little 
below Kusuri, where the Shan and the river 
of Logon unite to form one stream, which 
joins the Tsad. When the corps sent by 
the people of Waday tried to cross the 
river here, the Shuwa, who had been ordered 
to defend the ford, gave way, and, thinking 
this a favourable opportunity to pilfer, 
joined the enemy, killing many of the 
sheikh's people in the flank, till Kashella 
Belal brought their chief to the ground. In 
the slaughter which ensued, Tirab fell, and 
a great many of the Bornu people. The 
valorous All penetrated into the town of 
Kusuri, but was delivered by the towns- 
people into the hands of the king of Waday ; 
the rest took to flight, except the Tebu and 
Arabs, who maintained their position, so 
that Sheikh 'Omar was able to say his prayers 
of the dhohor and the aser before he left the 
battle-field. But the encampment fell into 
the hands of the enemy, as well as the two 
cannons. However, in crossing the river, 
the Waday army sustained severe losses. 
All this happened on Tuesday the 11th of 
Rebi el awel, or March 8. 1846. On Thurs- 
day, Sheikh 'Omar put to death Ibrahim the 
titular sultan of Bornu, whom he had laid 
in chains before going to battle. He then 
hastily left Kukawa, and retreated into the 
western provinces ; the host of Waday fol- 
lowed him as far as Ngdrnu, where they 
encamped and remained about forty days, 
while their skirmishers plundered all the 
neighbouring places, and particularly Ku- 
kawa, from whence they carried away a 
considerable booty, and then set fire to the 
town. Indeed the capital for about two 
months remained a desert. 
But this was not all. The King of Waday 
took 'All, the son of the late Sultan Ibram, 
and enthroned him in Birni as sultan of 
Bornu, summoning all the partisans of the 
old dynasty to defend their new king. 
However, he soon found that he was not 
strong enough to carry his point, and hear- 
ing that 'Abd e' Rahman, the sheikh's 
brother, was approaching from the west 
with a numerous host, and being afraid 
