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Nos. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. AND IX. 
Traditional Account of different Nations of Africa , fyc. 
1. “ The territory of Malee is extensive, contains a gold mine, and is inhabited by 
Soodans, whose origin is said to be from the remnants of the Copts. Among its inha- 
bitants are also Towroods, Felans, Arabs, Jews, and Christians. These last are subject 
to two Christian sovereigns, who send their ships to the harbour of this place ; and it is 
said that this country was formerly possessed by a people called Sarankali, who, it is 
presumed, were Persians. 
“ The kingdom of Malee is an ancient and flourishing country, and comprises two 
other provinces : one is Banbara, which contains rivers, woods, sands, a gold mine, and 
is occupied by the Soodan, who are still infidels, and possess great power; the other, on 
the west of it, is Foota, which is inhabited by the Towrood, and the Sarankali, or Per- 
sians. The Towrood people, it is said, were originally Jews, others say Christians; 
that they came from the land between the two rivers, the Nile * and the Euphrates, and 
established themselves next to the Jews who inhabited the island; and that whenever they 
oppressed or encroached upon the Jews, the latter had always recourse to the protection 
of the officers of theSehabat (the immediate friends or companions of Mohammed), v/ho 
then ruled over them; that they (the Jews) used to say to them: ‘ We came to live in 
these islands to wait the coming of a prophet (after whom there will be no other) ; after 
whose coming and death a relation of his, named Aboo-Bakr, will succeed him ; and 
Aboo-Bakr’s successor will be Amroo, whose troops will come upon the surface of this 
water (by which they meant Termes), protect us against you, and enable us to conquer 
your country -f*.’ 
“ This is what we found written in our books.” 
N. B. — The above account, with the exception of the latter part, and a few small 
variations, has been already given to us in Sultan Bello’s Geographical Account. (See 
Appendix, p. 166, First Journey.) A. S. 
5. “ The origin of the Felan tribe is stated to be as follows: When the army of 
the Sehabat, during the reign of Omar Ben El-khattab, penetrated into the Gharb, they 
arrived first at Termes; the Towrood people having seen them, went immediately under 
* This is a mistake: it should be the Tigris. — A. S. 
t The inventor of this story had, there is no doubt, meant it to be as a prophecy for the coming of 
Mahomed, and that to show that even the Christians themselves had foretold his coming ; for all these 
words which he puts into the mouth of these Christians are the very result of Mahomed’s career, as 
recorded by the Mahomedan historians. — A. S. 
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