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MANUSCRIPTS C i (a) and (b)

Introduction

These two nishas were both found among the effects of Sheikh

'Abdulla Gadulla BaHlu, ndzir of the KLawahla in Kordofan, in 1909. Their origin is unknown but they were both clearly copies,

C I {a)

I This is the pedigree of the Kawahla in short.

II Muhammad Kahil son of 'Amir son of Abdulla (according to Ibn Yahya) son of Zubayr son of el Awwam; and the mother of Zubayr was Safia daughter of Abd el MuttaUb. The mother of Muhammad Kahil was Sikina daughter of AH the Imam son of Abu Talib, whom God bless; and her mother was Fatima, the daughter of the Prophet.

III Muhammad Kahil had thirteen sons: viz. Hammad, the eldest,

the ancestor of the Ahamda, by el Khadria^; and Berak and Aswad

and Khalifa and Budran (and also a daughter) by 'Izza the daughter of Affan son of 'Othman, the Imam, whom God bless; and, by the concubine, Sa'id and Nifayd and Yezid and Khalbus and Abad; and, by el Fungawi'a, Ritayma and Akir and Bishara. IV Khalifa had three sons, el Ahmar, Mukwad, and Hilal. The descendants of Hilal are. . .{illegible).

V The descendants of el Ahmar are the Hamaydania and the Amria and the Keramia and the Gebalia and the Lababis . . .

{illegible).

VI Akir begot. . .{illegible); and Salah begot the Ghazaya^ and

the . . . {illegible) and the Fuaida and the Su'tJDiA and the Kawamla.

VII Mukwad begot the Kurayshab and the Salatna and the MuHAMMADAB and the Nurab and the Rimaytab and the Hasania

and the Gimaylia and the Delaykab and the 'Urwab and the

SiNAYTAB and the Ghazalab^.

VIII Ritayma begot the Wailia and the Gelalia and the Bakia and the Mutarfa and the Khalafia.

IX Aswad had two sons, Rashid and Kelab.

^ reading ij^-aiJI for 2u^^aaJi\. ^ reading du\jjii\ for 2u\jjtj\ .

^ reading w»'i)>aJt for wj*^)J^I.