112 NATIVE MANUSCRIPTS OF THE SUDAN iv. A3, v

V And the noblest of these ... {co?7tmues as BA, xlix, down to

...''boast").

VI And according to the tradition related by Abu Musa, Kuraysh

were, in the time of the Prophet. . . , eighty^ tribes.

VII Now Gu'uL, considered as a whole, are [descended from]. . . (continues as BA, cxxxii, down to. . .Hdshim).

VIII The Prophet ... said "Carry not your pedigrees beyond 'Adnan."

IX As regards the Beni Ma'amur. . .{continues as BA, cxxxi). X It has been explained that Gu'ul's name was Ibrahim, and he was called Gu'ul because. . .{continues as BA, cxxxii, i.e. AB, clxv).

XI Most of GuHAYNA are. . .{continues as AB, cxxxvi,/or which see BA, Li).

XII Now there are [also] seven tribes apart from. . .{continues as AB, cxxxvii).

XIII Now this account is the true one, and I was given it from the manuscript of the scribes at Mekka the Noble by el Sheikh Kamil el Murshid. This is the pedigree of the people.

XIV Now the man who collected the whole of the tribe of Gu'ul together was Kerdam, and he lived in the Hegaz and the fertile lands,

and whosoever is not among his descendants is no Ga'ali. XV The true pedigree is as follows: Kerdam son of Abu el Dis

son of Buda'a. . .{etc., up to Hdshim: see tree).

XVI- XXXV Serrar was ancestor. . .{continues like AB, clxx; et seq.

The details as given here concerning Serrdr's descendants will he found in the tree, which corresponds largely to the tree o/ AB).

XXXVI This is what appeared to us and was made clear.

XXXVII The pedigree of Ma'akla is from Guhayna. XXXVIII Sahal had three sons, 'Al and Ma'al and 'Abd el 'Al: 'Al begot the Ma'alia, and Ma'al begot the Ma'akla, and 'Abd el 'Al begot the Zayadia and the Meganin.

XXXIX The Ma'akla are the descendants of two men, Kal and Wal. Kal had two sons, Hubaysh and Ramadan. Hubaysh's descend-

ants are the Bisharia and the Sama'in and Kanakil and Awlad Badr. Ramadan 's descendants are KAGABfL and 'AfiADfA and Awlad Harayz.

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