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MANUSCRIPT A 2

Introduction

The nisba here translated was a copy made for me by Ishak Muham-

mad Sheddad, a Bedayri of Bara in Kordofan, from the copy in his possession.

The latter is alleged to have been copied by Sheikh 'Omara 'Awuda Shakal el Karih {q.v. para, xliv), who lived in Dongola about the middle of the seventeenth century, from the original work of

"el Samarkandi." Compare, however, the introduction to A 3.

This is a true copy of the original pedigree. I In the name of God . . .

This is the pedigree of el Sheikh Ishak ibn el Sheikh Muhammad Ahmad Sheddad: Ishak son of. . .{The pedigree is given from son to

father^ up to el ^ Abbas, as in the tree.)

II And of el Abbas the Prophet. . .said "Nobility pertains to me and to my uncle Hamza and to el Abbas"; whose lineage finally reaches to Adnan.

III And the Prophet. . .said "Whosoever goes beyond this. . .etc." IV A Copy of the Pedigrees of All the Arabs.

Verily the noble man begot noble [children]. V-XIII Now Subuh. . .{From this point to the end of para, xiii the

text closely corresponds to that of A 11 {paras, xvi to xxvii.- all such variations, additions and omissions as occur will be seen from the trees and the notes to Ki and An. The arrangement is occasionally altered hut the source is obviously one.)

XIV- XXI Rubat had five sons. . .{The copyist havijig omitted the subject-matter of paras, xxviii to xxxix of A 11, which are very corrupt, from here onwards to para, xxi gives practically the same details as are

in paras. XL to xlvi of A 11. For variations see the trees and notes to A 2 and An.)

XXII Now the Abbasiyyun, or the Abbas, are the family of Abu

'Abdulla el Saffah, who is Muhammad son of Abdulla son of 'Ali son of Abdulla son of el Abbas; and Ibrahim Ga'al is descended from Sa'ad son of el Fadl son of Abdulla son of el Abbas; so they

[the Abbasiyyun] and the Ga'aliyyun have their first common ancestor in Abdulla son of el Abbas son of Abd el Muttalib son of

Hashim. Here ends the pedigree of Ga'al.