52 Kordofan, ElObeid 30,000? Department of Khursi, 359 villages . . 42,000 Taiara, 119 ., .. 18,000 Bara, 171 „ .. 23,840 „ Abu-Haraz, 80 villages 16,830 District of El Ghodiat, 32 villages . . 6,870 6 villages Sheikh Mohammed.. .. 1,500 16 „ Fellata 4,000 14 „ Hamaoni . . . . . . 7,700 12 „ Abu-Safiyeh 4,000 25 „ Jebel Kagga and Katul . . 5,000 7 „ Haraza 2,000 12 „ Darel? 3,000 Total population . . . . 164,740 Villagers. 1. Village People.—The village population is very heterogeneous, especially about El Obeid ; the most ancient race is found in various villages north of the 13th latitude nnder the names of the Ghodiat, Gilledat, and Gowanieh ; they form the mass of the agricultural population, and are the original population of El Obeid. Mixed with these are the Kungarra, who, originally coming from Darfur, conquered Kordofan, and were in their turn subdued by Mehemet Ali. The Egyptian conquest introduced Turkish blood, as well as that of all the races of Asia Minor represented in the Bashibazuks. In addition to these, Greeks and Levantines have left their mark, and the slave trade has been the means of introducing a great influx of the negro tribes from the south.

The colour of the generality of the people is dark brown with slightly reddish tinge ; they have woolly hair worn long.

The Kungarra and the M'Sabat tribes, who originally came from Darfur, still live apart, and each has its Sultan equivalent to the lesser Sheikhs el Belad of Lower Egypt. These races are black, with woolly hair.

In the mountains of Katu, Kagga (or Kaja), and at Jebel Kohr and Jebel Da'ier, colonies of negroes from Dar Nuba are found, and various other colonies from the Nile and elsewhere are scattered through this province.

The villagers are a lazy people ; raising the grain crop (Dokhn), and preparing the grain for food and drink, are almost their only occupation.