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Said Abd al Aziz al Dairini (d1385) (title book unknown)

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Taken from: Annali musulmani di Gio. B. Rampoldi. Volume primo [-duodecimo]: 11, Volume 10  Gio. B. Rampoldi.

He is credited with a geographical description of the two cities of southern Africa, which the Arabs call Dandamah (1) and Dagouthah (2); the first post in the region called Sofalat al dheheb, which means Golden Plain. The second is in the country of Sofalat al tebr, that is, the Golden campaign in dust, as tebr or tibr means gold in powder, and the word dheheb or dhahab means gold in grain, which is extracted from the veins or veins of the mines. This second country is not very far from the mouth of the great river called the Nile of the West, that is, the Niger, and which some call Senegal.

Note: More recent authors having checked the work of this author had to decide that no such kind of book exists. 

(1) Dendema or Demdems: According to Ibn Said (1250) these are the once who invaded Nubia and Abyssunie around 1220 AD (when the Mongols invaded Persia)

Dendemes, Dendemeh; Dandama: East African people living in the interior, close to the sources of the Nile; also mentioned by Al Masudi (916); Al Idrisi (1150); Ibn Said (1250); Ibn al Jawzi (1257); Harrani (1300); Qadi Ibn Sasri Al-Shafi’I (1300); Al-Dimashqi (1325); Abulfida (1331); Nuwayri (1333); Cowar el-aqalim (1347); Said Abd al Aziz al Dairini (d1385); Ibn Khaldun (1406); Al Qalqashandi (d1418) and Ibn al Wardi (1456) speaks about Demadam; al Himyari (1461).

(2) Dagouthah: Dagotha; Daghawa: maybe the  Daghuta of Idrisi 1150. Also found in Ibn Manzur (1290); Ibn Sida (1066) Qadi Ibn Sasri Al-Shafi’I (1300); Abulfida (1331); Ibn Said (1250); Al-Dimashqi (1325); Al Himyari (1461) has Daghwata.