SYNOPSIS The above two Arabic documents were purchased about 1944 from two Fulani mallams in the Bamenda Division of the British Cameroons. The first consists of sixty loose sheets, and the second of fifty‐five loose sheets. These documents are now in the Pitt‐Rivers Museum, Oxford, and photostat copies at Ifan, Dakar. Adullahi, the younger brother of Usman dan Fodio, the founder of Sokoto, is the author of both. I took down from these two mallams a translation of each document. These translations, owing to the difficulty of finding a suitable translator, are now printed. The first document is a vade‐mecum for rulers, and gives advice to rulers on administration. I give two extracts in illustration. “When a Lamido gives the order that horsemen art to go to this side or to that, it is of no use for them to ride just beyond the limits of the town, and then dismount: Such protective horsemen are to ride a whole day from sunrise before dismounting… The care of orphans and of their property is the duty of the Lamido…” The second document purports to be a history of the Fulani from their origins to their exploits in the days of Usman dan Fodio. Most of the text is devoted to a cursory account of the events that led up to the Fulani Jihad more especially. Usman's early converting mission, conducted under the approval of King Bawa Jangojo of Njampara. There is a brief description of Fulani origins, namely that they arose in Futa Torro, and also that they sprang from the union of the Arab mallam, Hukuba with Mbajamongo, daughter of the king of Rum. The account of these origins is confused.