io6 THE NATIVE MANUSCRIPTS iv. a2. xxxviii.

in the time of el Haggag ibn Yusef and settled with the Bega till they

became [a part] of them and ruled at Sudkin el Gezi'ra, and settled there on the coasts of the salt sea of the Sudan."

XXXIX The BeriAb are AshrAf descended from el Husayn.

XL The Ga'afira are a great tribe: their pedigree goes back to Ga'afir ibn Kutaf of the tribe of Tai, and it is said that Ma'atab ibn Hatim el Tai was [one] of them. They are famous by [containing among their number] Kerdam and others whom we have not space to mention. Ends.

XLI Now this pedigree has been transcribed from el Samarkand! the Great, from the original. As regards the pedigree given as that of the transcriber of it, there is no need to expand it [any further] here.

XLII Now 'Arman and Nimayr and Muhammad are the sons of 'Abd Rabbihi son of 'Arman son of Duab son of Ghanim [son of Hamaydan] son of Subuh Abu Merkha son of Mismar, who is brother of Samra the father of el Bedayri (the ancestor of the Bedayria); and both of them (Mismar and Samra) are the sons of Serrar ibn Kerdam, as has just been explained from the beginning as far back as 'Adnan.

XLIII And of 'Adnan one has said "How many a father owes the nobility which he possesses to his son, even as 'Adnan owes his to the Prophet of God "

XLIV This pedigree, which has the authority of past genera-

tions, and which was transcribed from [the work of] el Samarkand! the Great, as we mentioned above, was transcribed by el Sheikh

'Omara el Sheikh 'Awuda Shakal el Karih, and preserved and verified, and upon it are the signatures of the 'omad and notables and Khalifas and learned men whose names appear below.

The signature and seal of el Ostadh Mirghani Sowar el Dhahab,

^'Kh'^lifat el Khtihfd" in Dongola and representative of the Khatmia.

El Sheikh Mukhtar Sati Muhammad el Obayyad, and his seal. The signature and seal of el Sheikh el Kadi Sati Muhammad ibn el Kadi Muhammad Salih.

The signature and seal of el Sheikh Muhammad Taha Muhammad Nur el Khut (?), Khalifa of Tankassi.

The signature and seal of the Khalifa 'Abd el Kadir Yusef, the Khalifa of el Sheikh 'Awuda el Karih.

The signature and seal of el Sheikh Sati Muhammad Muhammad Ziada.

The signature and seal of el Sheikh Muhammad Hasan el Sheikh 'Abd el Gelil Habuba.

El Sheikh Muhammad Ahmad 'fsa.