IV. A 2. XLiv. NATIVE MANUSCRIPTS OF THE SUDAN 109
XXV. Cp. A II, L and D 2, xxxi.
For 'Abdulla ibn Ga'afir see Wiistenfeld, Y. 'Abd el Muttalib was grandson of 'Abd Menaf. XXVI Contrast D i, CLXXI and cp. D 2, xxxiv. XXVII Cp. BA, CLXxix, etc. XXVIII Cp. BA, CLxxiv, etc. XXIX Cp. BA, CLXXViii, etc. XXX Cp. BA, ccxiii, etc.
For a different account of Oiinsa and Oudun see tree of B i .
XXXI Cp. All, Liv, etc. XXXII Cp. BA, ccxv; A 11, lv and D 2, xli. XXXIII Cp. A II, Lvi; D I, cxl and D 2, xiii.
This paragraph and An, Lvi originate from the same source but the copyist must be wrong in one case. The reading of A 11 is the better, viz. j9t^ iJ'*3 ?^*^l) tJ'*-5 ^^ place of A 2, viz. ^J-^ ^Jte^ r^^y^^. »J'* O-*-
"Dekaym" should probably be "Deghaym" (see D 2, xiii). xxxiv Cp. BA, cxLviii and A 11, lvii.
The reference is to the conquest of Dongola in 652 a.d. by 'Abdulla ibn Sa'ad. I can find no record of 'Abdulla's having a son Gabir.
XXXV Cp. A II, LViii and D 2, xiv.
After "then" is written (^>a«^: the meaning is evidently that they migrated (see Part III, Chap. 2 {a)). For "KutAf" A 11 gives Kahtan. XXXVI Cp. BA, CLxxvii and A 11, lx. xxxvii Cp. BA, cxix and A 11, lxi (and notes).
By '"Ukba" is meant 'Ukba ibn Yasir. For Abd el Rahman see Wiistenfeld, R. El Sheikh MugelU is the Mashaykhi mentioned in D 3, 255 and ABC, LIV.
XXXVIII See BA, clxxvi and D 7, li. xxxix This paragraph appears only in A 2. XL Cp. BA, CLXxv and A 11, lxiii.
A 2 and A 11 give "Kutaf " for Kahtan (BA): cp. para. xxxv. XLii See note on paras, v-xiii. XLiii Cp. BA, ccxxix and AB, xxx.
XLIV 'Awuda ibn 'Omar Shakal el Karih's biography is in D 3 (No. 66). He was the pupil of a pupil of Hasan wad Hasuna, who died in 1664, and he was alive in 1659.
Khalifa, literally "a successor," is used to mean the head of a re-
ligious sect.
The Khatmia includes the Morgham'a tarika. Tankassi Island is close to Debba, in Dongola.
The signatories appear to be mostly Ga'aliin (including Bedayria). This practice of obtaining certificates of authenticity from well-known religious persons is not uncommon: cp. A 8.