IV. ABC. XXI. NATIVE MANUSCRIPTS OF THE SUDAN 95

X Cp. D 3, 132, according to which Sheikh Hasan died in 1075 ^.h. XI This paragraph provides us with the name of the author of D 3 and is corroborated by tradition on the point (see Introduction to D 3). The pedigree, however, differs from that given in D 3 {q.v. No. 89) and the

latter is more Ukely to be correct.

For the final sentence cp. D 7, CLXXXV, which corroborates.

XII Cp. BA, cxxxii, etc., for the name "Ga'al."

For the descendants of 'Arman cp. BA, CLXV et seq., A 2, xi et seq. and A II, XXIV et seq., all of which differ to some extent from one another, as a comparison of the trees will show.

The "MagAdib" are not to be confused with the "MAcADHfR" {i.e. AwlAd el Magdhub), who are traditionally Ashraf.

"Shai" (^) appears in A 11 and BA (MS. 3) as "Shabbu" {J^) or

"Shabbu" (>j-w).

As regards "Tisa'a Kulli" and "the tenth of them, Muhammad el Nigayd," there is obviously some error in the texts of ABC, BA, A 11, etc. In ABC the figure " 9 " is actually written over "Tisa'a," and in the original copy no doubt nine sons were mentioned and after their names the author

wrote "nine in all, and a tenth was Negadi." Later copyists added other sons and in some cases seem to have converted the "nine in all" and

"a tenth" into proper names (see BA, CLXVii and A 11, xxxix).

XIII Hamid Abu 'Asa's biography is No. 113 in D 3. XIV et seq. Cp. BA, note to clxxi.

XVI It will be seen that only 12 of the 14 sons of 'Abd el Dai'm are given. See BA, clxxi, clxxii for notes.

It is to be assumed that Abu Daraywa was a son of 'Abd el Daim, as shown in the tree, because he appears as such in BA (MS. 3) and A 11.

Similarly, 'Abd el Ma'abud in para, xvii may, for a like reason, be assumed to be a son of 'Adlan, and Ba'abush and Sa'ad Abu Dabus to be sons of

'Abd el Ma'abud.

For "el Fial" (JUJI) BA (MS. 3) gives "Kankal" (JliiiJI). and for "KitAwit" (w^j^U:^), "Kenawi'n" (^jU^). BA is more likely to be correct in both cases.

xix These names are not included in the tree. Cp. note to BA, clxxi. XX Cp. BA, CLi et seq.; A 11, xl e^ seq., etc.

The names "Humayyir" (lit. "little donkey") and Dahaysh (///. a "donkey's foal") in juxtaposition are curious.

xxi Cp. BA, cxLiii et seq.

2. 'Asakir Abu Kalam was the chief of the Gima'a in the time of the Mahdi (see MacMichael, Tribes..., pp. 43, 44).

3. Sheikh el Bedowi was Kadi of Berber in the Mahdi's time, and at the reoccupation was made President of the Board of 'Ulema in the Sudan.

5. Hamid Abu Tinka is a more or less legendary character. Gebel

el 'Ayn, between Dongola and Kordofan, is commonly called " 'Ayn Wad el Tinka." There is a story current of his having travelled to the Dinka ( ?) country in the far south and there by accident killed a stork which had

built upon the roof of the royal residence — a heinous offence, in conse-