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maternal uncle and " Sheikh," Muhammad^ walad Um Gadayn, and was instructed in the Kuran by Sheikh 'Abd el Rahman ^ ibn el Aghbash.. . .In
1 107 A.H. [1695 A.D.] he left the Shai'kia country with his mother's relatives, the AwLAD Um Gadayn ^, for el Abwab.. . .Among his followers were the noh\e feki Walad Bahr, Sheikh ibn Medani, Malik* ibn 'Abd el Rahman, Hammad^ ibn el Magdhub, and Muhammad ibn Bakhit el Muhammadabi.
16. ^"'Abd el Rahman ibn Belal" (d. 1155'' a.h.). He was the fifth successor of Sheikh Sughayerun ^. . . . His instructors were his father ^ and his maternal uncle the feki Abu el Hasan ^" ; and among his pupils were the feki Kumr el Din and his brother el Zayn, the three
sons of the feki Hammad el Tud [Tor .''], the feki Serhan^^ walad Teraf, the feki Sanhuri^^ walad Madthir, and others.
17. i^'"Abd el Rahman ibn Gabir^*." He was one of the most famous savants of the Sudan. . . . He was taught by his brother Ibrahim el Bulad and by Sidi Muhammad el Banufari.. . .
"He taught the science of law [lit. Khaltl] from beginning to end forty times, and he had under him three mosques, in the Shaikia
country, at Korti, and among the Dufar respectively: in each of
these he used to teach {lit. 'read') for four months.". . .Among his
pupils were such famous men as 'Abdulla^^ el 'Araki, 'Abd el Rahman ^^ ibn Masikh el Nuwayri, Ya'akub^' ibn el Sheikh Ban el Nuka, el Mesallami^^ walad Abu Wanaysa, Lukani el Hag^^ (maternal uncle of Hasan Hasuna), and 'fsa^°, the father of Muhammad ibn 'fsa Sowar el Dhabab.... "The four sons of Gabir were like the four elements, each one of them having his peculiar excellence. The most learned of them was
Ibrahim, the most virtuous 'Abd el Rahman, the most pious Isma'il, and the most zealous 'Abd el Rahim^^; and their sister Fatima, the mother of the son^^ of Serhan, was like unto them in learning and
religion. And their mother was named Safia." . . . They were buried at Tarnag in the Shaikia country.
18. " 'Abd el Rahman ibn Hag el Dwayhi." He was born in the Shaikia country and was a pupil of 'Abd el Rahman-^ ibn Asid.
19. 24" 'Abd el Rahman ibn el Hag Khogali ^s." "He devoted himself entirely to the service of God: no one ever saw him eat or drink or laugh or tell a tale or talk of what concerned
him or what concerned him not or uncover his head."
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