244 THE NATIVE MANUSCRIPTS IV. d 3.
130. ^ " Hammuda ibn el Tankar, ' Giab el 'Agwa ' [' the Bringer
of Dates']." His mother was Amna bint Serhan ^, and he was a follower of Sheikh Idris^. The reason of his nickname, "Giab el 'Agwa," was as follows: "His mother's brother, Sheikh Muhammad^ ibn Serhan fell sick, and it was said to him, 'The remedy for you is dates'; and as there was a dearth of them in the country, Hammuda, God bless him, brought some from Upper Egypt [el Rtf], and they cured the malady.
He wrote a useful commentary in the form of marginal notes on
Khalil, copied from that of his mother's brother and the Awlad
Gabir5."
131. ^" Hasan walad Beli'l, el Rikabi." He dwelt at Dongola el 'Afat and was a follower of Habib Nesi '. . . . He performed a number of miracles.. . .He had a son, Kurayshi.
132. ^" Hasan ibn Hasuna ibn el Hag Musa" (d. 1075^ a.h.).
" [Musa] came from Morocco [el moghrab], from el Gezirat el Khadra, from the land of Andalus, and married one of the Mesal-
lamia and begot Hasuna; and he said' I have put my seed in the source when I am sprung.' And Hasuna married the daughter of his mother's
sister, Fatima bint Wahshia, the sister of el Hag Lukani ^°, [Wahshia's] mother being a Saridi'a Khamaysi'a ; and by Fatima Hasuna had four children, Sheikh Hasan and el 'Agami^^ and Sowar and el Haga Nafisa. These four sons of Fatima all died childless. Sheikh
[Hasan] was born at the island of Kagoi [Kagog] , and his story breathes
a sweet odour.". . .
Several pages follow, all concerning visions and wonders, dreams and miracles and manifestations of God's favour to Hasan walad Hasuna.. . . After completing his religious education he performed the pilgrimage and travelled for some twelve years in the Hegaz, Egypt and Syria in company with various other persons, including Abu Hamayda and Ahmad Tud
the Dongolawi.. . .He finally returned to the Sudan, "and then, when his herds had become numerous, he went up to el Dururba and
Kantur el Homar [' Donkey's Dam '] and dug his reservoir [haftr] of Um Kanatir ['Mother of Dams']. He amassed slaves and mounted them on horseback and said ' I will guard my flocks with them ' ; and the tradition among the people is [that he had] 500 slaves, each one
of whom bore a sword with scabbard-tip and plate and pin of silver : they consisted of a commander and troops [under him] ; and [they also carried] clubs. And they used to trade in their swift horses to
Tekali and Dar Borku {}) ^^ and Darfur and Sennar and [the country
^ Tree i. ^ No. 233. ^ No. 141. ^ No. 241. ^ No. 17, etc. ^ Tree i. ' No. 105. ^ Tree 5. ^ 1664 A.D. ^^ No. 156. ^^ No. 55. ^2 reading ^5^ for JI*j .