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an i) son of Tha'aliba son of Nasr son of Sa'ad son of Nebhan^, a branch of Tai.
XXVI The HuMUR Arabs (spelt with a u after the H and the m) are descendants of the Master of the Ass, the Black One, the Liar,
the false prophet who appeared in el Yemen, of the tribe of 'Aus ;
and his name was Aihala^.
XXVII BuLALA, who are between Borku and Barkirma, are descend-
ants of Belal (Bulal .?) of [the tribe of] el Azd. XXVIII Hamar (spelt with an a after the H and the m) in origin
are descendants of el Ahmar son of Mu'awia son of Selim Abu Sha-
'abil el Tamimi, and they belong to the Beni Tami'm.
XXIX The SuLAYM Arabs (spelt with vowel-points as in " Zubayr ") are descendants of Sulaym son of Mansur son of 'Ikrima son of Khasafa, a sub-tribe of Kays 'Aylan. There are also other Sulaym who are a sub-tribe of Gudham ; and of the former there are branches in the Sudan, and the latter are in the East.
XXX The Bedayria, that is the original Bedayria, are descendants
of Bedr son of 'Amr son of Guayya son of Laudhan^ son of Tha'aliba son of 'Adi son of Fezara; and they are a section of Fezara.
XXXI Ghatafan are a sub-tribe of Kays 'Aylan, and their father was Ghatafan son of Sa'ad son of Kays 'Aylan.
Now Kays 'Aylan was the father of a tribe and his [real] name was el Nass (spelt with a double s), and he was son of Mudr and brother
of el Yas; and 'Aylan was a horse belonging to Kays, famous among the horses of the Arabs, and Kays used to win races upon it. There was too a man of the tribe of Bagila called Kays Kubba after a horse called Kubba and also famous. These two men called Kays were neighbours before Bagila settled in the land of Yemen, so that when anyone mentioned Kays he was asked whether he meant Kays
'Aylan or Kays Kubba.
XXXII Bagila (shortened into Bagla) are a sub-tribe of Beni Sulaym and trace their descent to their mother, viz. Bagla daughter of Huna son of Malik son of Fahm. The derivative noun is BagH.
XXXIII The Beni Bagala are a section of Dabba; and Bagala was
son of Dhuhal son of Malik son of Bukr son of Sa'ad son of Dabba.
XXXIV Dabba is an Arab tribe and their father was Dabba (son of Udd) the uncle of Tamim son of Murr son of Udd son of Tabikha
son of el Yas son of Mudr. And Dabba had three sons, Sa'ad and
Sa'i'd and Basil, and Basil was father of the Daylum, and Sa'id left
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