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XC From Watid are descended the Shukria, the Buadira and the

Umbadiria ; and from Fahi'd the Zaghawa.

XCI Shati'r's only son was Sultan, who had three sons, viz. Rikab, Ma'ashir and Hamayd.

XCII Now there are three persons of the name of Rikab: firstly

Rikab son of Ubi son of Ka'ab, secondly Rikab son of Sultan son of Suhayl of the stock of 'Abdulla ibn Anas el Guhani, and thirdly Rikab son of Ghulamulla, who was a Sherif tracing his pedigree

to el Husayn the son of 'Ali and Fatima the daughter of the Prophet of God (the blessing of God upon them !). The mother of Rikab the son of Ghulamulla was the daughter of Rikab the son of Sultan, and his father named him after his maternal grandfather.

XCIII Rikab the son of Sultan was ancestor of the Rikabia; and they live in Upper Egypt.

XCIV Ma'ashir was ancestor of the Ma'ashira, and Hamayd of the Hamaydat, which is a tribe between el Sind and el Hind.

XCV Bashir was ancestor of the Bisharia, and 'Amir of the 'Amarna.

XCVI Mahass was ancestor of the Mahass; and he was called Mahass because he was a heavy sleeper, and whenever his father

called to him his mother would say "ma hassa" [i.e. "he has not awakened"] ; so they called him Mahass. XCVI I The descendants of Afzar are Fezara.

XCVIII Sarid was ancestor of the Sowarda, and Agdham^ of the GUDHAMIYYUN^.

XCIX The tribes descended from el 'Abbas are three, the Ga- 'aliyyun on the Blue Nile, the Awlad 'Abd el Rahman in Dar Salih, and the Awlad Ibrahim Bashkal on the White Nile.

C The tribes of the Shai'kia^ fall into four divisions; — one is Ga'aliyyun, i.e. 'Abbasia, one is Beni Ommayya by descent, and one is a remnant of the Barmecides \el Bardmika], i.e. Turkish.

CI The 'Arakiyyun are descended from Guhayna, but among them are the children of el Sherif Ahmad Mukbal, who married a

wife from among the 'Arakiyyun and begot Dafa'alla the ancestor of their pious Khalifas \ and the latter 's children were Bukr Abu

'Ayesha and 'Abdulla and Hammad el Nil.

CII This Hammad el Nil's descendants are the 'Aklab, including el Sheikh el Terayfi.

cm The tribes of the Ga'afira fall into three [groups] ; among them

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