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CCXI God knows the truth, and He is the first and the last, and to Him do all men return.

CCXII Be it known that this compilation is from the histories [lit.

" history "] of three men.

CCXIII From the beginning to the mention of the Khalifas, and on

to the mention of 'fsa, the prophet of God, is by el Sayyid Ghula- mulla.

CCXIV From the first " tanbth,'' at which point begins the account of Khuzam and Beni Khuzayma, is by el Sayyid Muhammad walad

Dolib the elder, up to the second "tanbih."

CCXV From the second " tanbth," at which begins the account of the origin of the Sudanese, up to the end of the book, is by el Sayyid

Muhammad walad Dolib the younger, who is buried at Khorsi.

CCXVI This work was copied by my father in his handwriting in

1252^ from the copy made in 1151^; and I made this copy on the second of Ramadan in the year 1302^ after the Flight of the Prophet.

1 1836 A.D. 2 1738 A.D. 3 1884 A.D.