84 THE NATIVE MANUSCRIPTS IV. abc. vu.

Also the children of Shakartulla ibn el Hag ibn . . .{as in tree, to

'AH \4shba). Some of these are at Shanbat and some round el Mesal- lamia, which is a government headquarters, and some round Sennar,

and all are descended from Idri's ibn Shakartu. Some of the children of Shakartulla are on Tuti Island, some at Shanbat, and some in the other directions mentioned.

VIII Some of the descendants of Rahma ibn 'Ali ibn . . .{as in tree, to 'Agam), who are surnamed the Sa'adullab, are on Tuti Island; some are at Shanbat; and some are with the Kababish Awlad 'Ukba and are called the Awlad Abu Sitta^.

IX The Sa'adab who live round el Hinayk, on the west [bank], opposite Gebel Lula, which is called by the Sudanese Gebel Auli,

are the descendants of Sa'ad ibn el feki Adam ibn. . .{as in tree, to

'Agam), and form various tribes. \Mth them are the Hammadullab, the inhabitants of Um Kahf

near el 'Ayl Fung. Some of them too are at el 'Ayl Fung. Some again are at el Tomat on the Atbara, and at Gira on the river Sanhit, and at Doka in the Butana.

These people are the children of Alahmud walad Zai'd. The Arabs who are under their rule, namely Dubania, trace their descent to

GuHAYNA, whereas the descendants of Zai'd are Shamia, descendants of Alazad Abu Shama ibn 'Agam.

All of these are descended from the Ansar who conquered the

Sudan in 43 a.h. during the period of the rule of 'Abdulla ibn Abu Sarah, the Companion. After the conquest the Khazrag settled in this country and their children multiplied there until the present day. At the time of their coming to conquer the Sudan they numbered about 81,000.

They are Arabs of Yemen and descended from Kahtan ibn 'Abir, that is the prophet Hud.

Now Kahtan is ancestor of all [the tribes of] el Yemen and to him they trace their descent. The children of Kahtan were Gurhum and Hadramaut and Saba.

X Sheikh Hasan ibn Hasuna, whose kuhba is in the middle of

the Butana, between the Blue Nile and the Atbara, was a Sheri'f on his father's side. His mother was Fatima bint Habashia, whose mother was a Saridia Khamaysia tracing her descent to the Ansar.

Sheikh Hasan ibn Hasun visited Egypt and Syria and other lands and performed the pilgrimage. These journeys occupied about twelve years. Then he returned to his own country and became famous among the nomad Arabs for his piety, and his herds of cattle

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