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IV. ABC. XXVIII. OF THE SUDAN 89

ibn el Zubayr ibn el 'Awwam ibn Khowaylid ibn Asad ibn 'Abd el

'Uzza ibn Kusai ibn Kelab.

All these four, after their arrival in the Sudan, came to an agree-

ment and became one tribe.

The tribes of Guhayna are fifty-two in all, not counting those that in the past have entered the Sudan via the Nile in the time of

the Fung, and most of them are v^est of Tunis and Tripoli [Tardblus] and Fezzan and Borku . Three of the sons of Baghid came to the Sudan , namely Kays and Sufian and Dhubian, and the descendants of Kays

ibn Baghid were the Guhayna ibn Ri'sh mentioned above and Guhayna ibn 'Abdulla ibn Anas el Guhani. These are the children of Kays. XXVII The descendants of Sufian ibn Baghid are the Kababish, who are the children of Muhammad ibn Sufian ibn 'Abs ibn Sufian

ibn Baghid. They are sometimes surnamed "Beni 'Abs."

Now Muhammad ibn Sufian had two sons .... {For these and their descendants see tree. Remarks made in passing, and not included in the tree, are as follows:

1. The descendants of the sons of Nur ibn 'Ali. ^^ Each of them forms a tribe that defends itself."

2. The descendants of the sons of 'AH ibn Nur. "Each of them forms an independent tribe that defends the other.''

XXVIII The sons of Dhubian ibn Baghid ibn Rayth ibn . . .{as in

tree, to 'Adndn) were nine in number, namely Wati'd and. . . , etc., as in tree, which also gives their descenda?its . Remarks made hi passing, and not included in the tree, are as follows:

1. The descendants of Muhammad ibn 'Amir: "Each of them forms a separate tribe, some of them living near el Siiit and others in

the deserts of Senndr."

2. Rikdb son of Sultan: "Not to be confused with Rikdb ibn Ghuldmulla."

3. The SHUKRfA descended from Bashir ibn Dhubian: "The descendants of Bashtr ibn. . . , etc., are the Shukria and the Nabaria. Now all the Shukria trace their descent to Yashkur ibn Wail ibn. . ."

{as in tree, to Nizdr), "except the Awlad Abu Sin, who are Kuraysh, descended from 'Abdulla ibn Ga'afir ibn Abu Tdlib."

4. The Karibab: "Who live on the banks of the Nile opposite

Rufd'a."

5. The Kawahla descended from Kdhil ibn Hasan: "Not to be confused with the Kawahla descended from el Zubayr ibn el 'Awzvdm."

6. The Kanagira : " They include Kungara in Ddrfur, and Borku and Bornu and Afnu : others of them are sons of Felldt ibn Kungar, who

are partly Fell AT A."

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