io8 TRAVELS IN AFRICA, 
1223. Abd-el-wahhad, his great uncle, fucceeded, or was 
chofen by the grandees. The fame year the royal title was 
transferred to Abd-ullah his nephew, who was murdered by 
rebels. 
1226. Edris-ben-Yakub, brother of Abd-ullah, became king 
of Africa, and ufed great cruelties to eftabli{h his authority. 
After reigning five years, he died of an apoplexy. 
1231. His fon Abd-el-wahhad fucceeded, and was drowned 
when bathing. Other princes of this dynafty were, Said-Abul, 
1242 ; Umer, 1248 ; Wasik-Abul, 1266. In this ufurper 
clofed the dynafty of the Elmohads, 
Upon the fall of this powerful dynafty, Africa was divided 
into thofe petty royalties which ftill fubfift, with few va- 
riations. 
The family of the Merlnis became mafters of Fez and Mo- 
rocco, and were the moft powerful of the fuccelTors of the 
Elmohads. 
The Abi-Hafs feized Tunis ; and the Beni Zian enjoyed 
Tremefen. 
Abu- 
