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"Hadhar" is an obvious slip for Gaydan (jlj*.^ for ^Ijl*».). "Son of 'Auf" should be inserted before "son of 'Arib. "El Ferangag" should be Himyar {i.e. the "greater"). By these "three Himyars" are perhaps not meant persons but sections of the great Himyarite tribe, descended from Kahtan. It will have been seen that both the lesser branches mentioned are descended from Zayd ibn Sahal, who was the fifteenth descendant, in the direct line, of Himyar

the "greater."

The copyist sometimes gives "Yashhub," sometimes "Yashgub," or even "Yashkhub." Wiistenfeld uses "Yashgub" (and so too Ibn el Athir): Abu el Fida uses "Yashhub."

X Pedigree given correctly: see Wiistenfeld, D. 'Amir was of the tribe of Hawazin.

XI For Bahila see Wiistenfeld, G. "Ma'akl" is no doubt an invention. XII Thakif is a branch of Hawazin: see Wiistenfeld, G. Contrast para. CXXXVI.

XIII Correct: see Wiistenfeld, D. For Beni 'Amir see note to x. XIV Correct: see Wiistenfeld, H. Contrast para, cxlvii. XV "Son of Amr" is omitted between MaUk and Murra: otherwise correct : see Wiistenfeld, i .

XVI Pedigree correct: see Wiistenfeld, N. "Fourth" is a slip for "four-

teenth." Cp. para. CXL. XVII Correct: see Wiistenfeld, i.

XVIII The "Karg" are the Georgians: cp. Abu el Fida (p. 168), and el Mas'udi (p. 433).

XIX "Sin" is China. "Tafmag" I cannot trace: it is not in Yakut. "The lands of Islam which are beyond the river" are Transoxiana. XX Two words here are illegible.

The pedigree from el Khulug to Kenana is correct: see Wiistenfeld, N. But Malik, and not el Harith his son, is the first common ancestor of

el Khulug and 'Omar ibn el Khattab (for whom see Wiistenfeld, P). XXI See Wiistenfeld, O.

This Kays is not mentioned by Wiistenfeld.

XXII "Zing" is used by Arab writers as a generic name for the East African blacks: e.g. see el Mas'udi- (pp. 178, 232, 261, 380) and Abu el Fida

(p. 174). Cp. also note to D 4, xx.

XXIII See Wiistenfeld, 2. Kelb is a sub-tribe of Kuda'a. " Son of Bukr " has been omitted between Kenana and 'Auf: otherwise the pedigree is correct as far as " Ganab son of Hubl."

'Abdulla and 'Obayd are among the descendants of Hubl in Wiistenfeld, but are not his sons.

XXIV The pedigree is quite correct: see Wiistenfeld, D.

For Maymuna see Wiistenfeld, F: she was one of the Prophet's wives. The battle of Hunayn took place in 630 a.d.: at it Muhammad defeated the Beni Hawazin, of whom Hilala (or Beni Hilal) are a section.

For Abu Zayd el HilaU see MacMichael (Tribes...), passim, and Part I, Chap. 4.

XXV This is repeated from para, vii above : contrast para, cxxxv.