214 APPENDIX II.

GLOSSARY OF SOME SUDANESE TERMS.

Agaba . . . . . . Rocky obstacle ; bad going. Alim (pi. Ulema) . . . . Religious teacher ; learned man. Atmur . . . . . . Desert, or desert route. Arabi (pi. Orban).. .. Free Arab, as opposed to village or town Arabs.

Arba'in, Darb el . . . . 40 days' desert road, from El Fasher (Darfur) to Assiut. Baggara . . . . . . Cattle-breeding tribes. Bazinger . . . . . . Former slaves, used as irregular troops by slave-traders. Beit el Mai . . . . Public warehouse ; treasury. Debba (pi. Dibab) . . A. small stony hill. Dem . . , . . . Camp of straw tukls. Farukh . . , . . . Traders' gun-boys ; hence, irregulars. Gala (pi. Galat) . . . . Fort on a hill. Gellab (pi. Gellabun) . . Itinerant traders ; hence, slave-traders. Gharb, El West ; or left bank of Nile. Ghazi . . . . . . One who fights in the cause of Islam. Gihat Direction. Goz (pi. Gisan) . . . . Small sandy hill. Hadendoa tribe . . . . From Hada = chief, and endoa = people. Hilla or Helle (pi. Haiiai) Village. Hosh (pi. Hishan) . . Enclosure. Id (pi. Adad) . . . . Desert well. Kherif . . . . . . Eainy season (generally June to September). Kufriat . . .. .. Ruins. Magdum ( = Mokaddem) • • Darfur name for chief of district. Mahdi .. .. .. "The Guided" in hadaya (= salvation). Meshra . . . . . . Strictly speaking, a watering-place on a river ; hence, landing-place, ford, ferry. Muwalled (pi. in).. .. Native of mixed parentage (generally Turkish or Egyptian father and black mother). Sayid, Sidi.. .. .. Lord (not said = happy). Safel, Es North.

Said, Es South.