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IV. ABC. VII. OF THE SUDAN 83

IV El Sheikh Khogali, whose kubba is at Khartoum North, was

son of 'Abd el Rahman son of. . .{as in tree, to 'Agam). He had nine sons and four daughters. These were . . .{as in tree). Ahmad and Muhammad and el Gaz and Um Hani were all children of the

same mother, namely, Wanasuna bint 'Omar ibn Hammad ibn Muhammad, so her pedigree meets that of Sheikh Khogali in the

person of el Malik Gama'i. Her tribe was called the Makanab, the children of el Malik Makan. The mother of the remaining seven

brothers and two sisters was Bint el Minna bint Ta'ulla ibn Sulayman ibn Abu Musa, a Kardakabi'a, so her pedigree meets that of Sheikh Khogali in the person of their ancestor, the above-mentioned 'Agam. Their progeny forms several tribes [kabdil], some of whom live at el Kubba, and some round the village called el Khogalab after their ancestor Khogali and situated on the east bank opposite Kerreri, and some in the south.

Sheikh Khogali was born on Tuti Island in 1065 a.h. and lived loi years and died in 11 55 a.h.

V The descendants of Kardaka ibn Fellah ibn Sheraf el Dm ibn

'Agam are on Tuti Island : others of them are scattered in Kordofan and the neighbourhood of Gebel el Haraza, in the west, between the two Kababish districts of Gabra and el Safia. They form a consider-

able number of tribes, about thirty in fact. Others live in the Gezi'ra of Sennar.

VI Some of the descendants of Marzuk ibn Fellah ibn Sheraf

el Din ibn 'Agam live at Burri el Mahass near Khartoum South, namely the children of Ibrahim el Budani who are called the Budanab. With them are other descendants of Marzuk surnamed the Awlad

Kasuma. Other descendants of Marzuk are round el Rakayba on the

east bank, opposite el Kamni'n, and are called "the Mahass." Others of them are at Hillet Balula, north of el Kamnin, on the east bank. They form various tribes.

VII The descendants of Zai'd ibn 'Agam form various tribes. They include the children of Hammad ibn 'Abd el Salam ibn . . .{as in tree,

to 'Isa), namely el feki el Sayyid and 'Abd el Salam and el Hag Muhammad Nur and their sisters Fatima and Um Kalthum: and

the children of each of these form a tribe, and they dwell at Shanbat and thereabouts.

They include also the children of 'Agaymi and of his son Ahmad, some of whom are at Shanbat and some on Tuti Island and some in

the Gezi'ra of Sennar: these form various tribes.

Also the children of Idris ibn Shakartu ibn...(rt^ in tree, to 'Agam).

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