iv.Di.Lxxxi. OF THE SUDAN 189
LXXI Gurhum was descended from Yuktan son of 'Abir; and Hadramaut was son of Yuktan . Now Yuktan is Kahtan [as is said . . . ] . LXXII The Berber are descended from Thamila^ son of Marib son
of Faran^ son of 'Amr son of 'Amlik son of Laudh son of Sam son of Nuh.
LXXIII The Romans [el Rum] are the children of Lanti^ son of Yunan son of Laudh; and here I speak of the early Romans. The
Romans of the Empire, who were numerous and powerful and who were contemporaries of the Prophet (upon him be the blessing of
God), and of whom he made it known that their empire would last till the end of the world, were the children of Ishak son of Ibrahim the Friend of God (upon whom be the blessing of God) ; and here
I speak of the later Romans. And all of them trace their descent to Sam son of Nuh.
LXXIV Yafith begot Gamir and Mu'a and Murak and Buan and Fuya and Mashig and Tirash.
LXXV From Gamir, it is said, were descended the kings of Persia
[Fdris] .
LXXVI From Tirash were descended the Turks and the Khazar;
from Mashig the Ashban ; from Mu'a Yagug and Magug ; and from Buan the Saghaliba* and Burgan and the Ashban, who in ancient days were in the land of the Romans, before the occurrence of the
events connected with the children of el 'Ais son of Ishak.
LXXVII Ham begot Kush and Misraim and Kut and Kana'an. LXXVI 1 1 From Kush was descended [Nimrudh son of Kush, — and according to another account he was descended from Sam, — and the
remainder of Ham's descendants came to live on the coasts as] the Nuba and the Abyssinians [Hdbsha] and the Zing.
LXXIX Misraim [, it is said,] was ancestor of the Copts (Kubt) [and the Berber].
LXXX [It is said that] Kut penetrated to el Hind [and el Sind and settled there], and his descendants are there.
LXXXI Kana'an was ancestor of the Kana'aniyyun ; and some-^ of them went to Syria. Then the Beni Israil fought with them there and expelled them and took possession of Syria. Subsequently the Romans attacked the Beni Israil and drove them [excepting a few] from Syria to Mesopotamia [el Irak]. Then again the Arabs came and conquered Syria.
1 reading 'jU^.j for %i^. ^ reading ^Ijli for jli. ^ reading i*^^ for (Jaj, * reading Ajli-oil for iJlicJI.
^ reading y^if^^st^J for ^9-^*^ •