236 THE NATIVE MANUSCRIPTS iv.ds.

79. i"Belal ibn el feki Muhammad 2 el Azrak ibn el Sheikh EL Zayn."

He was taught by his father, and in his turn taught the feki Muhammad * ibn 'Abd el Rahman, and Sa'ad and Hammad the sons of the feki Samih el 'Armani, and the feki Shammar walad Adlan, and Medowi* ibn el Sheikh Barakat of the Mahass, and others.

80. '"Berr 'Abd el Ma'abud ibn el Sheikh 'Abd el Rahman el nuwayri."

He was a follower of his mother's father Sheikh Muhammad walad Malimud el 'Araki.

81. "Berr walad Na'im" 'Abd el Sheraka."

A pupil of Sheikh Dafa'alla.. . .Born and buried at el Kerrada.

82. "Burt EL Mesallami."

He was the disciple [hozvdr'] of Sheikh Selman- el Towali and, together with Abu Delayk, learnt from him the tenets of Sufiism.... "He had supernatural powers [of prophecy], and said to Sheikh Salih walad Ban el Nuka 'You shall be a great man: the saints shall come to you, the saints shall come to you; and they shall make you be seated [in their presence], and you shall light the fire of 'Abd el Kadir.' And his tomb is in the open country between Walad Hasuna and Walad Abu Delayk, and over it is a kubba."

D 83. "Dafa'alla ibn 'Ali15 'el Shafa'i.'" Born at Arbagi.. . .He was taught by Sheikh 'AbduUa el Halanki.

84. ""Dafa'alla ibn el Sheikh Muhammad Abu Idri's" (b. 10032° A.H.; d. 1094-).

The best man of his epoch.. . .His mother was Fatima Um Hason'-'-bint el Hag Salama el Pubabi....He was born at Dubab behind Um 'Azam and was taught by his father.. . . Sheikh Sughayerun, Belal el Shayb ibn el Talib, el Hag Khogali', and Muhammad - ibn el Terayfi all spoke in praise of him. . . . 'Abdulla"'** el 'Araki was his father's brother. . . . He settled at Abu Haraz. . . . He founded a number of mosques in the Gezira and endowed them with land and slaves.. . .During all his life he never went to Sennar: if King Badi walad Rubat wished to speak to him he (the king) used to go to Abu Haraz on purpose.. . .

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