Note 519 — APPENDIX V
Philip Askell Benton translation
Sultan is here used in the broader sense; the rulers of the latest (or Kanem) dynasty in Bornu made use of the official title of Sheikh. Their names in succession are: Mohammed Amin Al-Kanemi, Umar, Abba Bubakr, Abba Ibrahim, Abba Ashimi, Abba Kiari, and Abba Sanda. Their relationships are shown in the following table:
Mohammed Amin Al-Kanemi
Umar
Abba Bubakr Abba Ibrahim Abba Ashimi
Abba Kiari Abba Sanda
‘Abba’ corresponds in this connexion to the Arabic ‘Saïd’. Cf. Nachtigal, Sahara und Sudan, i. 582. [Abba is a Bornu title meaning ‘Prince’.]