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and camels and sheep and his horses and slaves increased in number. And withal he used to give hospitality to travellers, and in one day he gave food to about 15,000, a magnificent performance in those days. He w^as born on the island called Kagog, situated on the Blue Nile north-west of Gebel Garia, in 968 a.h., and lived 91 years. He died in 1059 a.h., and was buried in the tomb he built with his own hands. He left no children.
XI The feki Muhammad el Nur ibn Dayfulla, the author of the
Tabakdt el Azcliyd bi 7 Sudan, was son of Dayfulla ibn 'Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn el Hag Nasrulla, a Ga'ali 'Abbasi. His descendants are called the Dayfullab, the children of Dayfulla. He died at Halfayat el Muluk of the yellow fever known in the Sudan as el Kik in
1224 A.H.i XII The Ga'ai.in {sic) who are in the Sudan are the descendants of Ibrahim el Hashimi, nicknamed "Ga'al." The reason of his being so named was that he was possessed of great power and wealth, and in his days a severe famine occurred, and folk came to him from every
direction and said "O Ibrahim, make us {ogaHnd) your folk," and he consented to their wish, and so his people surnamed him "Ga'al" because he "made" (ga'al) those who came to him and main-
tained them until God relieved their distress. He has many descen-
dants in the Sudan : their number may be about 50,000. Among them
are the sons of 'Arman, namely Gebel, the ancestor of the Gebelab, and Gabr, the ancestor of the Gabrab, and 'Abd el 'Al, the ancestor
of the Magadib and the Kandilab (and in all 'Abd el 'Al had fourteen sons and from each one of them are descended various tribes), and
Sha'a el Din, the ancestor of the Sha'adinab (who consist of various tribes), and el Malik 'Adlan ibn 'Arman (who had thirty male children, from each of whom are descended numerous tribes), and Zayd, the
ancestor of the Zai'dab (who contain many tribes), and Musallam, ancestor of the Musallamab (who are many tribes), and Mukabir,
the ancestor of the Mukabirab (who are tribes), and Sa'i'd, the an-
cestor of the Sa'adab and the Nimrab, and Nasir, the ancestor of the Nasirab, and Shai, and Yoiy, the ancestor of the Yoiyab. These are
the twelve sons of 'Arman, and their descendants were even more numerous. Among these descendants were the children of 'Abd el
'Al ibn el Malik 'Arman, some of whom have already been mentioned, and who were fourteen men in all, and who include the Hasabullab
[the children of Hasabulla] ; and the Rafa'ab, the children of Rafa'i; and the Khadrab, the children of Khadr; and the Godalab-, the children of Gadulla; and the Kaliab, the children of KaU; and the
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