1. Masʾalat khurūj (var. aṣl) ahl Fīka.

Brief chronicle from legendary origins to the reign of Emir Idrīs (reg. 1902-22). One copy includes the name of his son and successor, Muḥammad, showing that the work is still evolving.

MSS: Ibadan (UL), 145 (copies in Maiduguri (CTTS), 88/303; NU/Hunwick, 164); Ibadan (UL), 146 (copies in Maiduguri (CTTS), 88/304; NU/Hunwick, 167); Zaria, 90/6, J54/6.

Publ. It appears to be a version of this chronicle that was translated by H.R. Palmer in SM, ii, 70-3, under the title “Kings of the Land of Fikka”. At the end the name of the “writer”…