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The Great Tyrant, Sunnah, is mentioned. Chapter Twelve begins with the following: As for the greatest tyrant and most infamous oppressor, Sunnah, with the pronunciation of "Sin" and the "Nun" with a shaddah, as I found it noted in the appendix of the manuscript by the esteemed scholar Ahmed Bayya, may God have mercy on him. He was of great power and immense might, a tyrannical, wicked, arrogant, and bloodthirsty oppressor. He killed so many people that only God can count them. He oppressed and insulted scholars and the righteous, humiliating them.

Chapters Thirteen, Fourteen, Fifteen, Sixteen, Seventeen, Eighteen, Nineteen, and Twenty deal with his lineage.

They cover, in order: "Mention of Amir Ali bin Abi Bakr," "Mention of Askia the Hajj," "Mention of Askia Musa and Askia Muhammad bin Askia," "Mention of Askia Ismail bin Askia the Hajj Muhammad," "Mention of Ishaq bin Askia the Hajj Muhammad," "Mention of Askia Dawud and his campaigns," "Mention of Askia the Hajj bin Askia Dawud," "Mention of Muhammad bin bin Askia Dawud," and "Mention of Askia Ishaq bin Askia Dawud."

In Chapter Twenty-One (p. 187), Al-Sa'di begins the events of the Rakkashiya era. Its title is "Mention of the Pasha Judar's arrival in the land of Sudan."

Its title is "Mention of the capture of Askia." In Chapter Twenty-Two (p. 187), alongside the history of Askia Muhammad Kag, it covers the history of Askia Muhammad Toure and his reign.

Chapter Twenty-Three (p. 187) is titled "Mention of the wars of Pasha Mahmud bin Zarqun," covering the history of the rulers of Genni and the migration of the Tuareg.

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