86 THE NATIVE MANUSCRIPTS iv. abc. xii.

Kiti'ab, the children of Kiti; and the Bashi'rab, the children of Bashi'r ; and the IMusiab, the children of Musa; and the 'Omarab, the children of 'Omar; and Tisa'a Kulli; and the tenth of them, Muham-

mad el Nigayd, the ancestor of the Nigada.

XIII Among the 'Omarab was Sheikh Hamid Abu 'Asa son of Sheikh 'Omar son of Belal son of Muhammad son of 'Omar son of Muhammad el A'war son of 'Abd el 'Al son of el Malik 'Arman. His

mother was a Sherifia named Halima, the daughter of el Sheri'f Hammad Abu Denana who lies buried at Abu Delayk. Sheikh

Hamid Abu 'Asa had ten children, namely Muhammad and Hammad and. . .{as in tree).

XIV Nafa'a and Nafi'a were sons of el Malik 'Adlan ibn el Malik

'Arman by a single mother. Among the descendants of Nafa'a are the Thawiab and . . .{as in tree) and many tribes.

XV Among the descendants of Nafi'a are the Serayhab and... (as in tree).

XVI The sons of el Malik 'Abd el Daim ibn 'Adlan were fourteen

in number, and they included 'AH and Yoiy and Hammad, the mother of all of whom was Bukra the daughter of his paternal uncle

Mukabir. The descendants of 'Ali ibn el MaUk 'Abd el Dai'm are the

'Aliab : those of Yoiy ibn el Malik 'Abd el Daim ibn 'Adlan are the YoiYAB round Kozbara : those of Hammad ibn el Malik 'Abd el Daim are round el Metemma. The descendants of Abu Daraywa are the Daraywab, those of Kabush are the Kabushab, and those of Hammad reside at el Metemma. [Add] also xAibu Basrun; and Muhammad

el Fial, ancestor of the Nafafi'a; and Shaddu and Kaddu, whose descendants are the Wahahi'b el fukard; and Dow; and Kena, ancestor of the Kftawi't.

XVII The sons of 'Abd el Ma'abud were 'Abd el Salam el Asfar, ancestor of the Sufar el Maghawir [Mafawir ( })] ; and Musa, ancestor of the Musiab; and Khadr el Fial, ancestor of the Fiail.

XVIII The descendants of Ba'abush are the Ba'abi'sh.

The sons of Sa'ad Abu Dabus included 'Abd el Daim and Kan- balawi and Sanad and Idris el Kati'a, the ancestor of the 'Abd- SALAMAB of el Buayda.

XIX The sons of Sa'ad ibn Diab [were the] Burnis, namely (and.'*) Nasir and Muhammad el Kusayer and 'Ali and Salih.

XX The sons of Rubat ibn Mismar ibn Serrar ibn Kerdam (i.e.

the Sultan Hasan, Kerdam being a surname) were 'A wad and Ku- raysh and el Khanfari and Mukbal and 'Abt. . . .{The descendants of each are given : see Tree 3 . Remarks made in passing and ?iot included in the tree are as follows) :