HISTORICAL FACTS RELATING TO BA'gHENA. 503 
'Omar Weled 'All, ruled about thirteen years. 
Mohammed Weled 'Omar was chief about the same num- 
ber of years. 
'All Weled Mohammed was chief seven years. 
Hennun Weled Mohammed murdered his brother 'Ali, 
but was chief only four months, being murdered in his 
turn by 
Mukhtar, a near relative of his, who was chief for about 
twelve years. 
Babune succeeded him. Between this chief and Hamed 
Weled 'All e' Sheikh Weled Hennun Weled Bohedel, there 
arose a civil war, which lasted seven years, devastating all Ba- 
ghena, and weakening especially the power of the Arabs. At 
the end of seven years, Hamed died, Babune, who altogether 
ruled about nine years, surviving him by one year. He was 
succeeded by 
'All Weled el Mukhtar, the present chief of the Welad 
Mebarek, w^ho in 1853 had ruled tw^o years. 
As for the Fullan, or Ftilbe, they had become very nume- 
rous in Baghena, and were in possession of several ksur, prin- 
cipally Daguni, Jibonfo, Kemeiiyomo, Nara, Kebda, Barren, 
and Gurunge, till they were driven out of these places by 
'Omar Weled Hennun, when most of the ksur remained 
deserted. But the policy of the Fullan of Baghena became 
entirely changed when their brethren on the other side of 
the river, led on by the fanatical and energetic chieftain Mo- 
hammed Lebbo, raised the standard of the Jihad in the year 
1821. Jealous of their political independence, which thus 
became threatened, they then joined the Arabs in their 
struggle against the new empire of Hamda-Allahi, and 
supported them. Nevertheless, favoured as he was by the 
civil war amongst the latter, the chief A'hmedu, son of Mo- 
hammed Lebbo, made considerable progress in Baghena, 
which was not arrested until recently. At present Sum- 
bunne, son of Bu-Bakr, the present emir of the Fullan in 
Baghena, has built a new ksar, the place El Imbediye men- 
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