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of] the AwLAD 'Agi'b. And his slaves became [whole] villages; and so manyi were the visits paid to him that they made an enclosure
for the firstborn [of the flocks and herds offered to him]. The en-
closure which Sheikh Hasan built for his house was as large as that
of the King of Sennar. ..."
The following is one of the miracles related: "A girl died and her mother came to him [Hasan] and said, 'My lord, my daughter has died, and the property of her father is ill-gotten ; I prithee shroud
her for me.' And Sheikh Hasan went to her and looked upon her &nd said 'Your daughter is well: she has not died. Arise 1' And lo ! her breath returned to her, and she arose and lived. . . ." A second miracle relates how a man was drowned and remained three
days in the river: then came Hasan Hasuna and said "Arise!" and the drowned man returned to life, was married, and begot a son.. . .Yet again, a man brought Hasan two dead birds, and Hasan took them from him,
"and placed the sleeve of his shirt upon his head, and the birds flew away.". . .He was held in high honour by the Fung king Badi walad Rubat who, on an occasion of their meeting, granted every request of Sheikh Hasan.
"Now his sister, the daughter of Hasuna, was named Fatima, and one of the Shukria married her, and when he wished to transfer
her [to his home] he brought for her a camel with its howdah ['utfa] and gave her four handmaidens [ferkhdt, lit. 'chickens'] and a herd of camels and a herd of cattle and a herd of sheep.. . .
And when he drew nigh unto death he summoned his brothers,
the sons of Hasuna, 'Abd el Fattah and 'Abd el Kadir and Manid and said to them 'My successor is Belal el Shayb the son of 'Abd
el Fattah'; and [then] he shaved [Belal's] head with his finger, using no razor; and he bequeathed a third of his wealth to five poor men [fukard] and each of them thereby received 36 head of slaves; and
their masters ^ drove off the weak and the strong [together] , some of them going down to Sennar and others going to Ras el FiL". . .
Among Sheikh Hasan's followers were his brother el 'Agami^, and el Kufi, and el Hag 'Abd el Salam el Begawi, and the feki Muhammad^ walad Surur, "and from among the Danagla, Sheikh Musa Ferid^ and Sheikh Munowwar and Ahmad Tud.. . .
He reared a crocodile in the reservoir, and it did much harm, so he shot it with a rifle, and the charge exploded backwards and caused
his death. He died in the year 1075 '^ a. h.; and in his death he rose
as a Star of Religion."
1 reading Sp^s for >l)jl=>. ^ reading ^<^il*-» for^ft.>L>. ^ No. 55. * No. 210. 5 reading juji for ju^S. ^ 1664 a.d.