And the going of his treasures, his axes, and his Qir. I have not seen the extinction of that wealth and its riches. The benefits are many, for it contains knowledge for the reader about the history of his homeland, his ancestors, their generations, their successions, and their deaths. So I sought help from God Almighty in the books I have compiled, mentioning the kings of Sudan, their families, their stories, their news, their biographies, their conquests, and mentioning the tribes and their origins, and the scholars and the righteous who narrated them. Their kings, their kings, and others until the end.

The title is "The History of the Kings of the Arabs." This title is the beginning of the first chapter in the Arabic text.

The first who ruled it from the kings was Al-A'an, then Zani, then Zakin. These were fourteen kings who all died in ignorance. And the one who embraced Islam, it is said in their language, "Aslama" meaning he embraced willingly without coercion, may God Almighty have mercy on him. This was in the year two hundred and eighty of the Hijra of the Prophet, peace be upon him. Then Zani, then Al-A'an. Then Sultan Amada, his brother Saman Nar. Then Abu Bakr, then after him Al-Haj Hamad. Then Ali, then Bar.

The second chapter begins, and its title is "The History of the First, Ali Kan." As for Al-A'an Ali Kan, he was from his lineage. He lived in service to the Sultan of Mali. His brother Saman Nar. Ali Kan would sometimes go out to seek sustenance, as was customary, and then return. He was intelligent, wise, and very discerning. He would increase in his pursuit of the great powers that existed between the two regions. And the paragraphs taken from the history of the Sudan from the hand of the narrator.