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the sons of the feki Hammad^ ibn el Magdhub, and the feki Khogali, the Khalifa of the Ghubush, and the feki Muhammad ibn Hamid

el Mitkenabi, and Tahir the grandchild [sabt] of Hammad'-^ ibn Mariam, and 'Abdulla walad Mekka the grandchild of Sheikh Mu-

hammad'^ ibn el Terayfi," 159. '^"Marzuk ibn el Sheikh Ya'akub^." He succeeded his brother Musa ^. . . . He was buried with his father and his brother at el Humr.

160. ■^"Mazri ibn el Tankar." He was a pupil of his mother's brother, el Hag Muhammad ^ ibn Serhan, and a follower of Sheikh Idris^.

161. ^*^"Medani *el Haggar' ibn 'Omar ibn Serhan." He was the nephew of Sheikh Sughayerun^^ and was taught by him, and so proficient did he become that he was nicknamed "el Haggar"

["the Rock"].. . .When SughayerQn died, [his successor] Sheikh el Zayn^'^ invited him to assist him with the teaching in the mosque until Ibrahim ^^ was grown up.. . .He was buried at el Koz, and his tomb is known as kubbat el Haggar.. . .His sons were Kutbi and Nurayn, the

former father of the feki Ibrahim, and the latter of Muhammad "ibn

el Rayda." " [This Muhammad's] mother was Burra bint el Sheikh el Zayn and the mother of his father Nurayn was Rabi'a bint el Sheikh

Sughayerun; and he was taught by the feki 'Abd el Rahman ^^ ibn Asid ; and when he died he was buried at el Koz in front of the kubba

of his grandfather Medani.". . .

162. 1^" Medani ibn Muhammad^^ ibn Medani el Natik." He was taught by his father, and also by his grandfathers {i.e. grand-

father and great-great-uncles), the Awlad Um Gadayn, Muhammad ^^ and Medani ^® Among his pupils was the feki Hammad ^^ ibn el Magdhub He was buried at Nuri with his fathers "And the feki Sheikh ibn Medani said 'The Medaniyyun are the gold and we the silver.' "... He taught the Kuran to Basbar^".

163. 21" Medani el Natik ibn el Sheikh 'Abd el Rahman 22 walad Hammadtu."

He was called "el Tiar" ["the Aviator"].. . .The reason why he was called also "el Natik" ["the Oracle"] was that after his death a quarrel arose as to his successor, and a feki appealed to him at his tomb,

"and he replied to him \ndtikahu\ from the tomb 'The Khalifa is Sheikh': now Sheikh ^^ was his full-brother.". . .After considerable

wranglings Sheikh was duly appointed and was known thereafter as "Sot

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3 No. 177.

4 Tree 8.

5 No. 254. ^ No. 209.

7 Tree i. 8 No. 241.

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10 Tree i. 11 No. 241.

12 No. 258.

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