MOGHA. 
The " Tareek Negushti/' or " Chronicle of the Kings of 
Abyssinia/' begins with a list of the emperors from " Arwe/' or 
the serpent/' to Menilek, some of whom, like the sovereigns of 
old/ are said to have reigned several hundred years.* From 
Menilek, the list appears to wear a somewhat more probable 
shape, though no great dependance can be placed upon it, as 
will appear by the following enumeration. 
Y. 
M. 
Y. M. 
Menilek, or Ibn' Hakim 
Kanazi 
10 0 
reigned 
29 
0 
Haduna 
9 0 
Za Hendedyu 
1 
0 
Za-Wasih 
1 0 
Awda 
11 
0 
Zah-dir 
2 0 
Za Awsyu 
3 
0 
Za Awzena 
1 0 
Za Tsawe 
- S 
10 
Za Ber-was 
29 0 
Zagesyu 
half a day. 
Za Mahasi 
1 0 
Za Maute 
8 
4 
Zabaesi Bazen 
16 Ot 
Za Bahse 
- 9 
0 
and in the eighth year of his 
Kawuda 
2 
0 
reign Christ was born. 
* These consist of Arwe, who reigned four hundred years. Za Beesi Ang&.ba, who 
reigned two hundred years. Zagdur, one hundred. Zazebass Besedo, fifty, Zakawasya 
fo'iVxum, one. Za Makeda, fifty : in her fourth year she went to Jerusalem, and after her 
return reigned twenty-five years. 
f Another corrupt list exists in the Chronicles which I brought over, running as fol- 
lows: Ibn Hakim, Tomai Zagdur, Acsumai, Tahawasya, Abralius, Wurred-Sai, Endor, 
Wurred Negush, Ausanya, Elalior, Toma Sion, Basilius, Autet, Zaware, Scifi, Rami, 
Arts^, SufFelia, Agbul, Bawaul, Bawaris, Mahass6, Naqu^, Bazen ; and these are, no 
doubt, " the twenty-four emperors" alluded to by Tellez. Travels of the Jesuits, p. 74. 
London, 1710. 
