A hundred years, said the scholar and jurist Adbaya, may God have mercy on him. Tishket was destroyed three times. The first was at the hands of Sultan Mush, the second at the hands of 'Abd Allah San 'Aq, and the third at the hands of Al-Ashaa. Muud bin Zurqun said that the first was the weakest, and it was said that more blood was shed in the destruction of San 'Ali than in the destruction of the companion of Mush. And at the end of the state of Ahl Mali in Tishket, the Tuareg took their possessions, raiding them and spreading corruption in the land from every direction and place. Their Sultan, Akl, was overwhelmed by the extent of their harm and annoyance, and they did not find a cure. So they surrendered their possessions to the fighters, saying, "The God who does not defend his rulers is not worthy of us." They returned to the land of Akl, the aforementioned, for forty years.

Chapter Four As for Mali, its kingdom is large and vast, in the far west, towards the Red Sea. And the kingdom of Mali, its capital was Ghana, and its entrance was in the land of Ghana before the birth of the Prophet. It was ruled by the ancestors of the Prophet, and its kings were twenty-seven kings, and their kings were forty kings. They were originally white, but they were not of the same origin. Their servants were black. When their state ended, it was succeeded by Ahl 'Ali, who ruled for a long time, and they were from the land of 'Ayy.