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IV This is the pedigree of el Sayyid el Shen'f Muhammad 'Abd el Wahhab son of Muhammad son of el Dow son of el Nur son of

el Hasan son of Salim son of 'Abdulla son of 'AH el Taib son of Muhammad son of el Shafa'i . . . , and el Sayyid el Shen'f Muhammad el Harib fled [harab] from Mekka to the city of Fas and became a devotee [magdhub] ,. . . son of Ahmad son of Gemal el Din son of Hasan. . .son of Hashim son of Kuraysh son of Muhammad. . . son of Idris . . . son of Khalil son of Babikr . . . son of Muhammad son

of el Zayn el 'Abdi'n. . .son of Khalid. . .son of Nasr el Din. . .son of Muhammad. . .son of el Mansur son of Isma'il son of Ga'afir son of el Hasan son of Fatima the Glorious, daughter of the Chosen One. . .

{there follow praises of Fatima, and the pedigree of ^Abd el Muttaliby correctly given, but for two mis-spellings, to 'Adndn).

V This glorious pedigree, that of el Shen'f Muhammad 'Abd el Wahhab has now by the help of God been completed by the hand of

me its writer Adam ibn el Shen'f el Zamzami . . . {pious remarks follow).

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II The Arabic is as follows :

y^J^jSL^\ &.«la»ij OA^^'^ O^*^' U^^^ ^>-^>^' «^^!^*^^' lyXok^tfU 6J>^^

•iXiJ^ JSr-'i >f^*^^' u^j^^ O^' t_^-Jj>' {sic) ^^sji-i LjJI^ ^li {sic) O-ijjuoiJ

O^jJt ^l^i^ Jaa»ui C-.jlf') lyj^) J^<«A>t <UJI juP IV The latter part of the pedigree at least is spurious. Wiistenfeld (Z)

mentions no Ga'afir son of el Hasan. Each name is preceded in the text by "el Sayyid el Sherif," and after most of the names follow a few words of praise, such as "protector of the poor," "an observer of the book of God," " God bless him," etc.

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