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CXL Kenana are Arabs of the East by descent. CXLI Zaghawa include some Beni Tamim Arabs, some Mima and some Takrur^.

CXLII FuNKUR are 'Anag. CXLIII TuNGUR are by descent Hilala who ruled Darfur, CXLIV Musaba'at are also descended from the Hilala Arabs. CXLV The Beni Gerar are Fezara by descent : their ancestor was Hunad.

CXLVI The Meganin and Awlad Akoi are Guhayna Arabs by descent.

CXLVII Fezara are among the descendants of Hunad from el Hegaz. CXLVIII Of the Hamar, the Tamimia, viz. the stock of el Hag

Muna'am, are Beni Ommayya by descent; and

The Ghishimat^ are Ga'aliyyun, i.e. 'Abbasia; and The Beni Badr are Bedayri'a ; and The Tayaisa^ are 'Anag; and The Dekakim are partly Husaynia Ashraf and partly Beni Ommayya: they also include some Fur.

CXLIX The Danakla tribes are autochthonous and are all 'Anag, excepting such strangers as immigrated to their country, namely the RiKABiA Awlad Ghulamulla, who are Ashraf, and the Gharba-

wiNGi from Borku, who are 'Abbasia, and the Dufaria, who are Bedayria, and the Bekrawia, who are Ga'aliyyun, and the SowA- rab, who are Ashraf on the side of their ancestress, the daughter of el Sherif Ahmad Abu Denana, and the Sabawia, who are Bedayria

of the Dufaria branch. The rest of the Danakla are 'Anag and aboriginal autochthons, and there are some remnants of them at the present day who are called the Nuba.

CL The Fur are Nuba with the exception of the royal house which includes Arabs of the Beni Hilal.

CLI As regards Borku, the royal house includes Awlad 'Abd el Rahman el Magdhub the 'Abbasid, but the rest of [the people of] Borku are autochthonous 'Anag, though they include some Arabs, such as the Salamat and the Mahria, who are descendants of the

Beni Ommayya.

CLII BoRNU are Arabs of Himyaritic stock, and include some Husaynia Ashraf.

CLIII Bakirm are 'Anag. CLIV Fellata include Kuraysh and Ansar and children of the

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