IV. D 3. OF THE SUDAN

51. "Abu Sinayna." His full name was Muhammad ibn Nusr, el Tergami el Ga'ali. He was born at el Buwayd.

"His father Nusr was instructed in the Kuran and its teachings by Sheikh Muhammad^ ibn 'fsa; and it was the latter who advised him to marry the mother of 'Abu Sinayna.' And it was thus : Sheikh Muhammad saw her when she was young and said to him * You shall marry this girl and she shall bear to you a pious son.' [Nusr] replied '[Then] she wall bear [one like] you yourself.' And thrice or four times [Sheikh Muhammad] said 'She shall do so.' And it came to pass that her people journeyed from Dongola to el Buwayd in the region of el Abwab, and [Nusr] went after her and married her, and

there was born to him 'Abu Sinayna.'. . .Subsequently ['Abu

Sinayna'] settled at Arbagi and taught the people there.". . . He was buried at Arbagi.

52. "Abu SuRUR, EL Fadli." He was born at el Halfaya.. . .His mother was Kanuna bint el Hag

'Ali of the Fadlia tribe He was taught law [Khalil] by Sheikh el Zayn^ and the articles of faith [el 'akdid] by the feki 'Ali^ walad Barri.

. . . After teaching awhile at el Halfaya he went to Darftir and taught

there.. . .He was finally murdered in Dar Sali'h, "and the cause of his death was that while he was asleep his concubines killed him by

smashing his skull with stones; may God be their enemy!"

53. "Abu Zayd* ibn el Sheikh 'Abd el Kadir." He was a follower of Sheikh el Zayn^.. . .He travelled to Darftir and Borku in the days when Sultan Ya'akub reigned in the latter.. . .He died in Darfur. . . . His sons were Subah and 'Abd el Kadir and 'Ali and Hegazi^. 54. ''"Abudi." A disciple of el Mesallami^.. . .His sons were Muhammad^, Ahmad,

el Mesallami, 'Abd el Hafi'z and Ibrahim^", all of them fekis. . .He died at el Ferar.

55. 11 "'El 'Agami' ibn Hasuna." His real name was Muhammad.. . .His mother was Fatima bint Wahshia whose father was a Mesallami Kabaysi and whose mother was

a SaridiaKhamaysia^^. . . . He went on the pilgrimage and died in the Hegaz.

56. 13 "Ahmad ibn el Sheikh 'Abdulla el Terayfi." A follower of Sheikh Dafa'alla Ahmad, in whose charge Sheikh 'Abdulla, left his sons when starting for the pilgrimage.. . .He died in sannat el

gjdri ("small-pox year"), as did some sixteen of his relatives also.

1 No. 191. 2 No. 258. 3 No. 58. * reading •XJj^jl for jkJjjt. ^ No. 258. ^ No. 133. ' Tree 11. ^ No. 172. 9 No. 179. 1" No. 135. 11 Tree 5. 12 reading 5*....*^>^ for Ay..*»^. ^^ Tree 9.