122 THE NATIVE MANUSCRIPTS iv.a8.vi.

VI Once on a time he upon whom be all honour collected round him his uncle el 'Abbas and his children and threw over them a mantle (or, according to one account a coat) and called to them say-

ing "Verily they are the people of my own kith and kin," and cir- cumcized them.

VII It is said on the authority of el Imam Abu Hanifa el Na'amani " The noblest is the family of 'Ali and the family of el 'Abbas and the family of Ga'afir and the family of 'Akayl and of el Harith ibn 'Abd el Muttalib, and when the origins [of all] are made clear all those

who are connected with them are free, of proved Uneage."

VIII And here is that pedigree, as you who are learned and intelli-

gent may see: 'Abd el Kadir son of 'Abdulla. . .{as in the tree, q.v., as far as 'Adndn).

IX The Imam Malik said, "Verily I hate that which carries a pedigree above. . . ; and beyond 'Adnan all is false. . . ." X This is what has been recorded regarding all who belong to the

TuAYMAB who are in the ShAiki'a country and the Humayyirab who are neighbours of the Bedayria, as is testified by those whose names are written^ below.

27th el Higga 13 19.

{Here follows a list of some 37 signatories testifying to the truth of the above pedigree.)

A 8 (NOTES)

I Cp. BA, XLii and xxiii and x. II Cp. BA, III and xxxii. III Cp. BA, II and A 11, iii. V Cp. A 2, II.

viii The text gives " Abu el Kild'a son of el Himyari " by error for " Dhu el Kila'a el Himyari."

'Abdulla has been inserted between el Fadl and el 'Abbas by a later hand.

IX Cp. BA, cxxxv. Two or three words here are illegible. X The TuAYMAB are the section of Ga'alii'n to which the owner of the pedigree belongs. The Humayyirab are apparently a subsection of them named after the eleventh man on the list.

The signatories are mostly relatives of the owner: they have in many

cases added such remarks as "we approve this true pedigree," etc.

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