98 NATIVE MANUSCRIPTS OF THE SUDAN iv. abc. xxviii.

even if judged by the standard of other fiisbas. E.g. Kungar as ancestor

of the "BoRKU, BoRNU and Afnu" [i.e. Houssa], and with a son "Fellat," is ridiculous; and "MakAkla" for "Ma'akla" and "HABBANfA" for "HabAbin" are really bad mistakes.

XXIX Cp. BA, cxxiv. XXXI Cp. D I, cm; and also BA, clxxv and A 2, xl, etc. XXXII Cp. BA, cLxxvi. XXXIII Cp. BA, CLXxvii. xxxiv Cp. BA, cLxxviii.

xxxv "Arabs" here, as so often, means nomad Arabs. xxxvi " Masamida " I take to represent MasAmida, i.e. Masmuda Berbers (see App. to Part II, Ch. i).

xxxviii The well-known AwlAd Ali nomads of Egypt are intended. XLiv In the Appendix will be found an account of the Kanuz by one of

their number. For "Dowlat el Kanzi," that is Kanz el Dowla, see Part II,

Chaps. I and 2.

XLV Cp. D I, CLXXXII. XLVI Cp. B A, XLIV. This is an amazing statement! See BA, xliv.

XL VIII Cp. BA, ccxv. By "Um 'Ar'ara" are meant the tribe commonly known as Amarar.

L See Vol. I, p. 138. Lii Practically all the tribes mentioned in this paragraph are BakkAra of western Kordofan and Darfur. See Part III, Ch. 3; and for the last two named see Vol.i, pp. 85 and 336 respectively.

Liii See Vol. I, p. 268. Liv The tribes alluded to in this and the following paragraphs are known as ZenArkha and MashAikha. For the latter, and particularly Sheikh Ya'akub, see D 3, 255. The name MashAikha (sing. Mushakhi) is said to be complimentary to their nobility of descent, i.e. to be properly a sobriquet (cp. Burton, Pilgrimage..., i, 58). Most of the MashAikha are near Khartoum and

others are at Sennar, Abu Haraz, Kabushi'a, in the Gezira, etc. They con-

sist of no more than scattered families. Eleven generations are given as having elapsed since the time of el Mugelli.

The ZenArkha, as the author says, live among the Gamu'ia, to the south of Omdurman, but are independent and have their own sheikh,

though in past days they obeyed the call of the Gamu'ia nahds. LV The AjAfAs are in Kassala.

The biography of Hammad "ibn Mariam" (or "Wad Um Marium," "Um Marium," etc.) is No. 124 in D 3, q.v. (note) for the nickname. Bandi is an island between the Shabluka and Shendi.

LVi For the Hammatti'Ab (HammadtuwiAb ?) see D 3, 21 and 158.