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XIII Then came the Mashaikha, and the town of el Halfaya was
founded.. . , " {Page ends.)
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the key-words that should connect one page with the next and that have so far failed to do so, from here onwards connect every page.
Here follow in turn extracts from the biographies of all the holy-men mentioned by the Tabakdt. In the Arabic the names are arranged in a
rough alphabetical order, and as not only are there lapses from this system but the order, when observed, is that of the Arabic alphabet, I have re-
arranged the order in which the biographies are given to suit the English alphabet.
1. '"Abd el Baki walad Kuways, el KahU."
Born and buried at el Shara'ana.. . ."He was one of the forty
pupils of Sheikh Dafa'alla^."
2. " 'Abd el Baki el Wall"
" He was one of the four contemporaries by whose lives the world profited, namely Sheikh Bedr^ ibn el Sheikh Um Barak in the east, Sheikh Muhammad^ ibn el Terayfi and Sheikh Khogali^ in the
north, [and fourthly himself 'Abd el Baki].". . .His "Sheikh" was el Mesallami^ "He died at Moya, a well-known hill in the south,
in the days of King Badi walad Nul."
3. "'Abd el Dafa'i." He lived in the south and was a pupil of Sheikh Ya'akub' ibn el Sheikh Ban el Nuka. "They were five in number who were pupils of Sheikh Ya'akub, viz. Musa^ and Marzuk^ his two sons, and Hagu^^ son of his sister Batul, and 'Abd el Razik^^, and 'Abd el
Dafa'i."
4. "'Abd el Dafa'i el Kandil ibn Muhammad ibn Hammad, el Gamu'i" (b. iioo a.h.^^. ^j j jSq a.h.^^).
He was born at el Halfaya and was a follower of Sheikh Khogali [ibn
'Abd el Rahman].. . .He was taught by the feki Shukrulla el 'Udi^* (his " Sheikh") and the feki Belal^^ and Abu el Hasan^^.. . .He created a record by teaching for 58 years and performed the pilgrimage.. . .His death oc-
curred at Sennar but his body was taken to el Halfaya for burial.
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