432 THE NATIVE MANUSCRIPTS IV. D 7-Date of accession Name of King (MS.) (MS.)

20.

'Adian II 1776-8 — Cailliaud 12 years iRubat ("z6m 'Adldn II," Ca.)

1788 — ,, 30 days 21. Awkal {" ibn Ounsa," Ca.)

1788 — „ I yr, 6 mths 22. iTabl II 1788-9 — ,, I yr, 5 mths 23-'Badi V i" ibn Dekift," Ca.) 1789 — ,, I year 24. -Hasab Rabbihi 1789 — — 25-Now'war 1790 — „ I year 26. Badi VI walad Tabl II (first reign) 1790 — ,, 6 years 27-Ranfi (date not — given) 5 „ 28. Badi V walad Tabl II (second 1803, — 16 „ reign) deposed in 1821 "335 annees de regne" (Ca.)

1 Rubat was a pretender appointed in antagonism to Awkal, Tabl II and Bddi V, or to Badi V alone (see paras cviii to ex).

Omitted by Cailliaud. Between 27 and 28 Cailliaud inserts an interregnum of 1-2 years.

B The dates as given by Na'Om Bey correspond with those of the MBS., with the immaterial proviso that, in converting the Muhammadan date to the corresponding Christian date, a difference of one year frequently appears (e.g. Na'um Bey "1505," MS. "1504," etc.). This is owing to the fact that the first or last day of the Muhammadan year does not coincide with that of the Christian year, or, in other words, any given Muhammadan year falls partly in one Christian year and partly in another.

Professor Budge accepts Na'um Bey's dates (Vol. 11, pp. 201-204).

Between Dekin and Tabl I (Nos. 5 and 6) Bruce and Cailliaud insert a third king. Bruce speaks of him as " Douro," son of Dekin, with a reign of three years (1587-1590). Cailliaud gives "Dorah ou Daour, fils de Dakyn. . .8 ans." Mr Jackson, in his appendix (Tooth of Fire, p. 98), gives "Dudu" and adds a note "also given as Duda, Darru, Dor, and Dora." The Arabic transliteration of these names in the order given is as follows : oj3i j3i sj> 033 33 jb ojji 3j3i It would therefore appear not unlikely that the king's name was Daud, i.e.

He was probably omitted by an oversight of the author. As he was the son of the preceding king, and not a mere usurper, it is unlikely that he was left out from any ulterior motive.