EL BAKA'y'S letter OF RECOMMENDATION. 649 
Therefore, whoever belongs to the jurisdiction of ourTawarek, 
the people of Karidenne, the kingdom of Alkuttabu ben 
Kawa ben Imma ben Ig e' Sheikh ben Karidenne ; and then 
whoever is behind them of my companions and friends, Dinnik, 
the kingdom of my brother, and nephew, and pupil, Musa' 
ben Bodhal ben Katim* ; then those behind them of our par- 
tisans the people of A'ir, the Kel-geres and the Kel-owi ; then 
our darlings, Ala Fodiye, their learned men, the intelligent 
and humane, who have the ordinances and the right of deci- 
sion, on them be my salutation and el Islam ! the people of 
the Imam, the high-minded, the son of Bello, the Imam ben 
'Othman, the perfect. For, lo ! my guest is a guest of theirs, 
who has nothing to fear among them, since they profess obe- 
dience to Godf, and know that He protects the ordinances. 
And especially as their lord, the Imam Mohammed Bello — 
God favour him ! — said to me, and wrote to me, with his own 
hand, that he and his kingdom were at my disposal so long 
as it was strung on his string |; therefore I have authority, 
and I admonish you about my and your guest, indeed about 
whatever Englishman shall come after him, whether he come 
to me, or pass near you, or abide among you for a time and 
then return. And what I demand and charge you, the same 
injunction I lay on my brethren (though I have not seen 
them with my eyes, I have seen them by my faith, and I 
count kindred with them by the ties of religion), the people 
of Bornu, especially the Sheikh 'Omar ben Mohammed the 
Emir, the Just. Then let not that which is dreaded hinder 
you ! § Lo, he is a distinguished man among the Chris- 
tians. II However there are between us and them such pro- 
* See about the Dinnik, p. 562. 
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§ i, e. Be not deterred by fear. 
