IV. C9. XXVI. OF THE SUDAN

XIII Ibn 'Arafa was a Maliki divine in the fourteenth century (see Huart, p. 351), and perhaps he is referred to here. The Arabic of the dictum quoted is

The phrase has reference originally to liability for a share in blood-money, and there is a play on the word " 'Akil." XV Cp. C 7, III. XXIII Cp. BA, xLviii, etc.

"Dasham" is an error for Aslam. XXIV Cp. BA, cxxxvii, XXV Cp. C 7, IV.

The title of this work means " The prophetic bouquet concerning the ancestry of the best of men." XXVI Is almost certainly a late gloss. The Hindi family reside in the Gezira : they are mentioned in D i , cxxv.

This MGRMHRR is merely a meaningless memoriae technica (" migram harar").