It is a great, blessed, and auspicious city, possessing a characteristic of blessing and mercy, which God has gathered for it. In its land, there is a creation, a disposition, and a nature of its people of compassion, affection, and equality. And the competition for worldly matters was very much among their morals. And it is a great market among the markets of the Sadiyin, and in it are brought... and from the gold mines of Biṭ, the famous for its gold. And all of this is in the region of Awku. The two were like it in the whole world.

And the author, Al-Sa'di, mentions in this paragraph and others about Jenni, because its fame surpassed the fame of Timbuktu, which Al-Sa'di held in high esteem in his own mind, and because of its prominence in trade and culture.

And the title of the sixth chapter is "Mention of the Scholars, the Righteous, and the Judges who resided in the city of Jenni." And God Almighty has provided this blessed city with inhabitants from the righteous scholars from its people, from the tribes of Shi and the lands of Shi, including Muramm Kadkh, originally from Takrur. He traveled to Kabor to acquire knowledge, then traveled to Jenni in the middle of the... century.

And we move to the seventh chapter, and its title is "Mention of Timbuktu and its beginnings" (which is the beginning of the chapter in the original text): So it arose at the hands of the Tuareg, who settled in the late fifth century of the Hijra. Then they chose the location of this good, pure, and pious town, possessing blessing, mercy, and movement, which is my birthplace and my homeland, which has not been defiled by idol worship, nor has its soil ever prostrated to the Most Merciful. It is a refuge for scholars and worshippers, and a resort for saints and ascetics. It is called Timbuktu, meaning "the navel" in their Hijra (meaning the navel in piety or in the veins of the body).