[90]The date of the founding of Agades is a measure of confirmation: vide infra, [Chap. XI.]

[91]The second Sultan is given by Chudeau, op. cit., p. 64, as Almubari (El Mubaraki): a ruler of this name succeeded a Yusif whom he deposed in 1601; some confusion has probably arisen on account of Jean’s error in supposing that the first Sultan was called Yusuf instead of Yunis.

[92]See [Appendix VI.]

[93]See table in [Appendix VI.]

[94]Cf. Barth, op. cit., Vol. I. p. 468.

[95]See also the remarks made in [Chap. XII] regarding the tribes which elected the Sultan.

[96]For the explanation of the sense which these words have acquired, see second footnote, Barth, op. cit., Vol. I. p. 471.

[97]The Tuareg have forestalled many European Powers in making their Prime Minister also Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.

[98]Jean, op. cit., p. 89.

[99]Leo Africanus, Vol. III. Bk. VII. p. 829.