Note 77 — GHÁNAH — Aúdaghost — Aúlíl.

Anbarah اَنْبارَة Rec. de Voy. p. 8. The king of this country was styled Tárim تَارِمْ. If for this we could read Farim فارم, we should have a true Mandingo title. The difference between Anbárah اَنْبارَهْ and Oonbori, probably اُنْبُرِي supposing the vowels not to have been supplied conjecturally, (for otherwise the latter might be read Anbara,) is no greater than may be expected where orthography is unsettled. The title of the king of Oonbori is Farma (Clapperton’s Second Journey, p. 331), which, as well as Farim, imports a governor or local chief. That by Kúghah كُوغَه (Rec. de Voy.) El Bekrí meant the Cochia of Cadamosto (Ramusio, I. fol. 108 v) and Gago of Leo, can hardly be doubted; but this point shall be examined hereafter. His statement, that Anbárah, nine days from Kúghah, west of Ghánah, does not admit of any plausible defence; but if Sámah سامه be read in this place for Ghánah غانه then not only does all difficulty vanish, but the author’s discourse acquires coherence and natural order.