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cxxi Abu Tubr is a hill in northern Kordofan. Tubr is the name of a common convolvulus.
cxxv The term Sherif {pi. Ashrdf) is used indiscriminately for de-
scendants of Hasan or Husayn. "In Arabia the Sharif is the descendant of Hasan through his two sons Zaid and Hasan al-Musanna : the Sayyid is
the descendant of Hosayn through Zayn al-Abidin. . . ." "This word {s.c.
Sayyid) in the Northern Hijaz is applied indifferently to the posterity of
Hasan and Hosayn" (Burton, Pilgrimage..., ii, pp. 3 and 7, notes). For the Mirghania see D 7, cxcii, note.
The best known of the Awl ad el Hindi is "el Sherif" Yusef el Hindi, a feki much respected in the Gezira and among the nomads: see C 9, XXVI.
For the Awlad el Magdhub see D 3, 123. It is they to whom Burck-
hardt refers when he says (p. 51): "The few Nubians who know how to write, and who serve the governors in the capacity of secretaries, are taught by the Fokara of Damer. . .who are all learned men, and travel occasionally
to Cairo"; and again (p. 266) he apparently refers to them, when speaking of Damer, as the "Medja-ydin" religious men or "family of Medjdoule," through whose learning Damer had acquired a great reputation.
For Bedr ibn Um Barak walad Maskin see D 3, 76. . For the Awlad Mustafa see D 3, 210.
"Awlad 'Abdulla el Mekani at el Taka" (i^sUJb j^^JC^Jt ddJt j^e. i*^^!) may be an error for AssUJb ... JU (^i^' aJJ' J^*^ i'^j^ ("The sons of Abdulla nicknamed el. . . at el Taka"). For the Awlad Hagu see D 3, 107. The Awlad el Ak-hal are really included among the descendants of GhulamuUa {i.e. the first group of Ashraf): see D 3, 222.
cxxviii "Abu Merkha" is "Subuh Abu Merkha." cxxix The DiNKA tribes are meant. cxxxi Cp. BA, cxviii. cxxxii Contrast BA, cviii. cxxxiii Cp. BA, cix, ex.
cxxxiv Cp. para, xlv, supra. The BEDAYRiA and Takari'r elements are chiefly represented in the Halafa section of the Hawazma. See Part III, Chap. 3 {d).
cxxxv Contrast vii and xxv, supra, and D 2, xxxviii. cxxxvi Contrast xii, supra. cxxxvii Contrast xxvi, supra. cxxxviii Contrast xlvii, supra. cxxxix Contrast xxx, supra. CXL Cp. XVI, supra. cxLi Cp. XXII, supra. cxLvi Cp. BA, CXI. cxLVii Cp. XIV, supra. cxLViii The TAMiMfA and the others mentioned are all sections of the Hamar.
cxLix For the Rikabia, etc., see index for references.
For Ahmad Abu Denana see C 8, xxxii (note).
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