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Biographies Q). And Sheikh el Bulad said to him 'May God make your learning useless.' And verily [the period of] el Bulad's teach-

ing was seven years [only] and in it he taught 40 persons, and then

he died; and as for Sheikh 'Ali we have never heard of his having engaged in teaching of any importance, but only that he judged

cases. And he was buried at el 'Aydai, and his tomb is plain to see; and all the 'Ishaybab are his descendants."

61. "'Ali el Labadi."

A Moghrabi by origin, born at Sennar.. . ."His father was one of God's chosen." ... His sister was given in marriage to 'Abd el Hafiz el Khatib, the father of el Khatib 'Omara^.. . .His sons were Ahlulla, Ghab 'Ain, and Mekki....A miracle related of him is that he dipped his stick {'ukdz) into a jar (zeer) full of water, pronouncing these words " In the name of God the Compassionate and Merciful A. B. T. Th.

G. H. Kh.," and immediately the water was turned into yellow clarified butter (samn).. . .He was buried at Sennar.

62. 2 '"Ali 'el Nil' ibn el Sheikh Muhammad^ el Hamim." He was the third successor (Khalifa) of Sheikh Tag el Din* in the country of the Fung.... He was a follower of his father in religious

matters.. . .He was called "el Nil" ("the Nile") because of the floods of knowledge that he poured in the dry wastes of the people's minds, — the sobriquet being given him by Sheikh Dafa'alla^.. . .His father, whose "Sheikh" was Tag el Din el Bahari, lived at Mundara ; and it was there

'Ali was buried.. . .On his deathbed he appointed Sheikh "el Gunayd^" his successor.. . .He lived in the reign of King Rubat of Sennar.

63. " El fekir 'Ali walad el Shafa'i." A pupil of feki 'Omara', and a follower of Sheikh Dafa'alla^.. . .He composed religious poetry, "and if he heard his poetry recited by any-

one else he used to weep and fly in the air : this was witnessed several

times." He was buried at Sennar.

64. ^" 'Araki ibn el Sheikh Idris^°." His father named him after Sheikh 'Abdulla el 'Araki ^^ He died of small-pox.

65. "Arbab ibn 'Ali ibn 'On" (d. 1102^^ a.h.). He was called "el Khashan el Khashuna.". . .Among his pupils were el Hag Khogali ^^, the feki Hammad ^^ ibn Mariam and Sheikh Ferah ^^ walad Taktuk.. . .He died at Sennar.

66. " 'AwLfDA ibn 'Omar, ' Shakal el KArih.' " He was a pupil of Musa Ferid, the disciple [howdr] of Sheikh Hasan walad Hasuna.. . .

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