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APPENDIX!

The Kanuz

Section I

The Kanuz are divided into two tribes.

Firstly. There are the descendants of el Sayyid Muhammad Wanas son

of Rahma son of Hasan, whose pedigree reaches to el Fadl son of 'Abdulla son of el 'Abbas. The amir Muhammad Wanas had six sons, and he died and was buried at the burial-place [gabdna] of Aswan. These sons were :

1. Idris, the eldest, ancestor of el Melik Tunbul^ of Arko Island, [whose family] are known as the kings of Dongola.

2. Hamdulla. He had few descendants. Such as exist are at Kalabsha and are known as the Wanasab el Hamdullab after their ancestor.

3. Arkhi. His descendants are in the Gezira and the Sudan, and their

tribe is called the Arkhi'ab.

4. Ad-ham. [His descendants are] at el Khatara and the island of Aswan, but most of them are in the Sudan. Branches of them are Belilab and MusallamAb.

5. 'Adlan. His mother was from the Oases [el Wdhdt]. His descen- dants are at Aswan and in the Sudan; and they include the tribe of

'Adlanab^ among the Shaikia. 6. Khayrulla. His descendants are the Khayrullab, who are in the province of Aswan. Most of them are in the Sudan.

Secondly. We will next mention the noble chieftains called Awlad Tamim el Dar* el Ansari, three in number.

1. The amir Sheraf el Din who had two sons and was buried at

Cairo at the Gate of Victory {Bdb el Nasr): his sons were Madhnab, whose tribe is called the Kurnab and resides at Abu Hur and in the Sudan, and Begu, whose tribe is called the BegwAb and resides at Abu Hur and in the Sudan.

2. Nasr el Din Tamim el Dar, whose son was NasruUa. The latter's tribe is called the NasrullAb and resides at Kasengar and [among] the

ShAikia.

^ This brief account of the Kanuz was written for me at Omdurman in 1914 by el Sadik 'fsa one of the chief men of the tribe residing there.

The Kanuz are now rightly reckoned as one of the main divisions of the Nubian race living between Dongola and Egypt. They are no doubt a blend of those Awlad Kanz Arabs, who in 1365 conquered Aswan and for some time dominated the surrounding country, and the older Nubian stock. See Part II.

^ On the island of Tombos, near Kerma, is " a fortress built by Muhammad Wad Tunbul, king of Arko, and here are the tombs of his ancestors" (Budge, n,

372). ^ For the 'Adlandb contrast D 5 (c), xxvi and xxxiv. * The Awlad Tamim el Dar, however, were Beni Lakhm and not Awlad Kanz at all (see Wiistenfeld, 5, and Ibid, i, 441, 442).

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