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                 CHRONOLOGICAL  TABLE





                               CONTAINING





A LIST  OF  THE  SE'FUWA/OR KINGS OF  BO'HNU



                     DESCENDED  EEOM  SE'E.



     WITH THE FEW HISTORICAL FACTS AND EVENTS UNDER THEIR



             RESPECTIVE REIGNS, THAT  HAVE COME TO OUR



                              KNOWLEDGE.
 

Name of the King.
 

     Sef.



(Said to be) Son of

 Dhu Yazan and of

 a woman of Mek-

 ka.
 

 Ibrahim, or

    Biram.

Son  of  Sef  and

 'Aaisha.
 

Duku, or Dugu.



Son of I'brahim and

  Ghafaluwa, of the

  tribe of the Kaye.
 

  FuNE.



Son of Dugu.
 

Principal Events during the Reign of each King.
 

Is said to have  come to Kanem, where he

  founded a new dynasty, and reigned over

  several tribes; viz.  the Berbers (Begha-

  ma ?), Tebu, or Teda, Kanembu, and others.

  Imam  xVhmed states expressly that  he

  came to Njimiye.



" Father of the Sultan."—Imam A'limed.
 

Seems to be generally recognized as the first

  king of this dynasty; and for this reason,

  his father Fbrahim is called " father of the

  Sultan."  There is still in Bornu a nume¬

  rous family called Duguwa, who refer their

  origin to Diigu;  and  it would seem  that

  Duguwa is the name which really belongs

  to the dynasty, as is intimated by the chro¬

  nicle itself further on.



A powerful and successful prince.
 

Place where he

   died.
 

  Sarnina.



A place in the

 territory of the

 Daj6 ? *
 

Yeri A'rfasa.



A place said by

 the B6rnu peo¬

 ple (I have no

 doubt errone¬

 ously) to lie S.

 from  Tuburi,

 in  the  Mtisgu

 country.    We

 shall  find  a

 place  Yira in

 Kanem.
 

  Malana.



A place  in Ka¬

 nem.
 

Length of

the Reign

in Lunar

  Years.
 

20.
 

16.
 

[250] ?



Probably

second half

of the 9th

century,

A.D.
 

60.
 

 * See Edrisi, translated by Jaubert, vol. i. pp. 25.119. Jaubert reads Semnah ; but the name Samina is of frequent

occurrence on the border of Negroland.