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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 ap-

pears (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> 0^33 3^3^ j^b 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.