Note 67 — GHÁNAH — Aúdaghost — Aúlíl.

It is a strong argument in favour of the construction here given to the route to Ghaïárú غيارُوا (MS. B.M. 1120), that it establishes a uniform and consistent method in El Bekrí’s narrative. That author begins his account of Negroland with the Ṣínghánah, who traded with the Benú Goddálah in the west. He then goes to the south-west to Silla and Tekrúr; then having mentioned Ghánah, he passes to the route to Ghaïárú, and finally turns due east, and describes the route to Tádmekkah. It is requisite for clearness and exact order, that the route to Ghaïárú should lie between the south-west and the east.