Note 34 — GHÁNAH — Aúdaghost — Aúlíl.

Leo Afr. pt. VI. c. 54. Marmol writes Azaoat. Beyond, or eastward of the desert of the Zenágah, Leo places that of the Zuenziga, “which extends from Segelmesse, Tebelbelt, and Benigorai, to the desert of Ghir, in the south, which faces the kingdom of Gubar. On the west it has Tegaza, and on the east the desert of Air, inhabited by the Targa tribe (the Tawárik).” It is manifest that the several divisions of the desert described by Leo (pt. VI. c. 54-8), all extend from north-west to south-east, conformably to the boundary line which we have ascribed to the country of the Zenágah on the east. It is plain also, that these people were not in the vicinity of the Houssa country. The desert of Ghir brings to mind the Káhir كاهر of Ibn Baṭúṭah; but we can have no doubt that the Air of Leo is the country of Ahír (Ḥáj Ḳásim in Walckenaer, Rech. p. 448) or Aáheer (ʿAhír?), which we learn from Sultan Bello (Denham’s Travels, II. 447, where Aáheer is erroneously said to be south of Bornú) to be the portion of the desert lying north of Houssa and Bornú. But it appears that the name in question has extended further southwards since Leo’s time, a proof that the Tawárik have been gaining ground.