194 THE NATIVE MANUSCRIPTS iv.di.cxxvi.

CXXVI As regards the tribes of the Gawama'a: — the Homran section consists of

the AwLAD Gama'i the Serayhat

the Terayfi'a < the AWLAD MURG

the Fadaylia the Ghanaymia

^the Gamria

CXXVII The Gimi'ia, the cousins of the Homran, consist of

[the GemAmla i the Ga'afiria

[the Awl AD Bi'ka CXXVIII All of these [Gawama'a] are descended from Abu Merkha the ancestor of the Ga'aliyyun, of the stock of el 'Abbas : and some of them are Shilluk Awlad Ibrahim.

CXXIX Gankay are 'Anag, from among the Zing. CXXX The Kababish are a composite tribe, including some Shaikia and Guhayna and Himyar and Kuraysh.

CXXXI The Kawahla are descended from el Zubayr (God bless him) and include some Kuraysh and descendants of Khalid ibn el Walid.

CXXXII The Shenabla are Arabs of Upper Egypt [el Rif] and of Himyaritic descent.

CXXXIII Dar Hamid are Guhayna by descent.

CXXXIV The Hawazma^ include Beduin Arabs from el Hegaz and Bedayria and Takarir and scatterlings of other tribes.

CXXXV The Mess^ria and Beni Muhammad and Mima are all of

them Tha'aleba from the Beni Tha'aleb Arabs of el Hegaz.

CXXX VI The Rizaykat are descendants of Gunayd, [and thus] 'Abbasia.

CXXXVII The HuMR are Arabs of Helb in Upper Egypt [el Rif],

and the 'Ayadia Arabs of Hira.

CXXXVIII The Habbania are Beni Ommayya by descent.

CXXXIX The Bedayria who are in the Sudan include some 'Ab-

basia and some 'Anag : they consist of

( Shuwayhat

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