Note 123 — MALI.—The Extinction of Ghánah.

Leo says (pt. VII. c. 5) that Tomboktú was built by Mansá Suleïmán, but yet there is reason to suspect that he only improved and raised into importance a place previously existing. Conde (Hist. de la Dominacion, &c., I. p. 402,) speaks of a chieftain named Mansur el Tombuzi; but this title is probably a misreading for Tombúṭí; Tomboktú being commonly called in Barbary Tombúṭ, or Tombúṭo. The passage here referred to occurs in the annals of the year 297 H. (A.D. 909.)