By Thomas Bluet.

London, 1734; 8vo., dedicated to the Duke of Montague.] The name of this extraordinary man was Ayoub Ibn Soliman Ibrahim, that is, Job the son of Solomon the son of Abraham.

His nation was that of the Jalofs; his tribe, or cast, the Pholey, or Foulah; and his native place Bunda, a city of Galumbo, in the kingdom of Futa, in Central Africa, opposite Tombuto.[1] [Footnote 1: The affix to his name is sometimes spelt JALLA, JALOF, and DGIALLA.

These indicate the name of the tribe, or nation, to which he belonged; which was that of the JALOFS, on the river Sanaga, and along the Gambia.] Ibrahim, the grandfather of Job, was the founder of the city of Bunda, during the reign of Abubeker, then king of Futa; who gave him the proprietorship and government of it, with the title of Alfa or High Priest.

After his death, the dignity, which was hereditary in the family, passed to the father of Job.