i62 THE NATIVE MANUSCRIPTS iv.c6.iii.

of el Khalifa Belal el Shayb son of el Sayyid 'Abd el Fattah son of el Sayyid Hasuna son of el Sayyid Musa el Harim son of el Sayyid

el Hag Rahma son of el Sayyid el Hag 'Abdulla son of el Sayyid Mahmud son of el Sayyid el Hag Ibrahim son of el Sayyid Hashim son of el Sayyid Muhammad son of el Sayyid Gemal el Din son of

el Sayyid Muhammad son of el Sayyid Hasan son of el Sayyid 'Ali son of el Sayyid Ibrahim son of el Sayyid Idris son of el Sayyid Salih son of el Sayyid Hasan son of el Sayyid Musa son of el Sayyid Ibrahim son of el Sayyid Musa son of el Sayyid Shani son of el Sayyid

Musa el Kazim son of el Sayyid Ga'afir son of el Sayyid Muhammad son of el Sayyid Zayn el 'Abdi'n son of el Sayyid el Husayn son of el Sayyid 'Ali son of Abu Talib, God bless and honour him.

IV And [God bless] the children of Fatima the Glorious, upon whom be the blessings of God, the daughter of the Prophet. In her person are united all the pedigrees of the Sayyids, who are purified of all that is evil, — the abominators^ of all that are in error or un-

belief, the smiters with smiting swords, the pursuers of the right way, the virtuous livers, the forbidders of evil, the arbitrators of mankind.

V In the name of God the Compassionate and Merciful, in whom

we put our trust at every time. So long as nights" [and days] endure and year succeeds to year praise be to God who chose Muhammad to be [our] mediator.

VI [Muhammad] is the one object of love, the eye of [God's] providence, the treasure of gifts, the glory of the resurrection, the bridegroom of the kingdom of God, the tongue of proof, the mediator

of all men, the. . .{illegible) of [God's] mercy.

VII God increase 'the honour of his seed and men's knowledge of them, for they are the noblest and the purest of mankind, the most perfect in goodness, the noblest in rank, the most splendid in power, the greatest in might, the most approved by proofs, the most weighty in the scale, the strongest in faith, the last [i.e. greatest] in their coming,

the noblest and purest of tribes, the stock of the sons of 'Ali, el Hasan and el Husayn, who are the two Sayyids, the fair, the honoured, the brilliant, the noble, the sons of Fatima the glorious, the splendid, the magnificent, the Arab, chief of all the faithful women, the daughter of the Lord of the Apostles, even Fatima, God bless her. Hear the

cry from before God Almighty "O all ye folk^, veil your eyes until the marriage of Fatima is consummated, God bless her, the daughter

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