Imícha, with the chiefs Kámuwen and Khambéllu.
Imezghérsen, with Sullátegé and Amúst.
Kél-gosse.
Íkedén.
Ímrarán.
Kél-tenéri.
Kél-n-eshéub.
Kél-tegéswan.
Mékalén-kalén, or Imekélkalen, with the chief Sidídi.
Kél-wan, with the chief Sídi Mohammed ig Kháde.
Ishemmáten.
Ibílkorayen, originally a section of the Dinnik.
Kél-ulli, the tribe so repeatedly mentioned in my journal as my chief
protectors during my stay in Timbúktu, divided into two sections, viz.
the Kél-efelle, with the chief E’ Shugl, and the Kél-idér with Shéri.
Tefárten.
Imassejénberen.
Bóru.
Eghashómen.
Ijíndwejan.
Ikeberédan.
Idóshan or Ilóshan.
Událen.
Kél-ghennesh.
Kesébaten or Elkasébaten.
Id-auragh (written Dúrgh).
Kel-ghénneshen.
Góne.
Kel-ídal.
Ilóghmaten.
Tábakunt.
Meskénderen.
Hawe-n-adagh or Haye-ladagh.
Iderak (? the same with Id-auragh).
Dáúd.
Iletámaten.
Kél-téfirwén.
I now proceed to enumerate the tribes of Aníslimen or Tolba, peaceable
tribes given to learning and religious devotion among the group of the
Awelímmiden.
Shemman-Ámmas, with the chief Mohammed ig Itékke, once the Amanókalen
or Sultan tribe, in the town of Súk. They are divided into the
following sections:—
Ikarbágenen, Iwárwaren, Kél-n-tashdait, or Kél-tíbbele, Kél-
amdellía, or Áhel Éshelmát, subdivided into the two sections of the
Él Wankílle and Él Enúlli.
Debákar, called in Hausa Benú Sekki, settled in Kidal.
Dau Sehák:
Kél-abákkut, Kél-azár, Kerzezáwaten, Kél-báriyo, Kél-tábalo,
different from the homonymous section of the Íghelád, Dogerítan,
Idébbuten.
Ídenán, once a powerful tribe, hostile to the Kunta, who made use of
the assistance of the Igwádaren against them. The Ídenán are
subdivided into the following clans:—
Dindséddakant, Ídenán eheawen Kidímmit, Kél-teshérayén, Izímmaten,
Ínheren, Tajeréjit, Imakórda, Kél-ghalá, Ilóshan.
Kél e’ Súk, a very numerous tribe of a peculiar stock, so called, as I
have stated in another place, from the important town of Súk, probably
identical with the town called Tademékka by El Bekrí, of which they
were the chief inhabitants. They are subdivided into a great many
sections:—
First, there is a group of three tribes, which are referred to one
common forefather, Yusuf, a native of Tekerennat: these are the Kél-
tekerénnat, who are evidently called from the town Tekerénnat mentioned
above; the Kél-tenákse; and the Égedesh. The Kél-tekerénnat are
subdivided into the Kél-tekerénnat ikáwelen, the Kél-tekerénnat
ishéggarnén with the chief Intaklúset, the Dwas Ejímmik, and the Dise-
mákhshil. To the tribe of the Égedesh belong the two principal chiefs of
the Kél e’ Súk at the present time, Khozématen and Henna. Then there are
the Kél e’ Súk wa-n-e’ Súk, whose name is connected with the town of Súk
in a twofold manner, as having resided in that place longer than any
other section, having probably their nomadic encampments on the site of
the town after its destruction. Then the Kél-bógu with Intéllumt,
formerly Id Mesúd; the Él Saláhu, the Eheáwen Nakíllu, with many
subdivisions; the Kél-gúnhan; the Kél-genshíshi; the Áhel Igíwish; the
Isharamáten, to whom belongs Najíb; the Id el Hánefi or Kél-esákan
embéggan; the Ewuínhadén, with rich herds of cattle; the Kél-jeret; Kél-
adhár; Kél-tinharén; Kél-tóndibi; Kél-téjerít; the Kél-emájaus; Kél-
gabó; Kél-emássen.
The Kél e’ Súk have for themselves two tribes of Imghád, the Deletáye,
and the Ibokhánnen.
I now proceed to the large group of the _Tademékket_, who, as I have
stated, were settled formerly in Áderár, round the town called after
them Tademékka, but were driven from thence by the Awelímmiden about the
middle of the seventeenth century, and have since been settled on both
sides of the Niger from Bamba upwards, regarding as the limits of their
territory—Bamba in the east, Gúndam in the west, Bú-Jebéha in the north,
and Bóne in the south. As I have stated on a former occasion, every
merchant arriving in Bú-Jebéha from the north, on his journey to
Timbúktu, even at the present day, is obliged to take a respectable man
of this tribe with him for his protection. The Tademékket made another
attempt to render themselves independent of the Awelímmiden, under their
chief Ruméli, about the middle of the last century, I think, and were
for a time successful, but were then hunted down by their rivals, and
were obliged for a certain period to take refuge in Bámbara.
The Tademékket are divided since about forty years ago into two great
groups, the Tingéregef, who dwell north of the river, and the
Íregenáten, whose seats are to the south of the Niger. I first proceed
to enumerate the tribes constituting the group of the Íregenáten, who
are said to have received this name from the circumstance of their mixed
character.
Kél-tejíwualet, with the chiefs Kendaye and Súle.
Kél-tebórit, with Khébar.
Kél éhe-n-sáttefen, “The black tent,” or tribe, called hógu bíbi by the
Songhay, khéme el káhela by the Arabs, with the chief Ingédi.
Kél-tamuláit, with the chief Saúl.
Tejerbókit, with Ermétu.
Ajélletlet.
Abelárlar (Abelághlagh?).
Kél-dejé.
Takétakayen dwell among the Íregenáten, but belonged originally to the
Igwádaren. One division, or khéme, of the Kél-bórum also lives among the
Íregenáten.
As Imghád of the Íregenáten the following tribes deserve to be
mentioned:—