256 THE NATIVE MANUSCRIPTS IV. d 3.

Shams el Dm married him to his daughter 'Ankoliba. . , . He had a son, YuseF.. . .He was buried at Abu Haraz.

"Muhammad 'Abu 'Akla'" {vide sub "Abu 'Akla," No. 42).

178. 2" Muhammad Abu Sabi'b ibn Timya, el Saridi." "Sheikh Hasan^ appointed him to succeed his father^, and the

reason for this was that the Sheikh's sons were in disagreement, some

of them wanting 'Araki and some this Muhammad. Then the question was put to their father's brother el Hag Ibrahim*' as to who was to be the Khalifa, and he said 'I will not say to one of the sons of 'Ali^

" Come forward" and to the other " Remain behind." Will they go to Sheikh Hasan ? '

So they*^ set out to see him, but 'Araki and his brethren reached the Sheikh first ; and [the latter] condescended to them and slaughtered

a sheep for them: then came this Muhammad and his brethren, and

[the Sheikh] condescended to them and said ' Fetch the matting for

the successor [Khalifa'] of Walad Barri^.'". . .

179. ^"Muhammad ibn 'Abudi^" 'Wakamir (?).'" A pupil of his father.. . .A description of his clothes follows.

180. "Muhammad ibn 'Adlan, el Shafa'i el Hoshabi." He was a pupil of 'Abdulla el Moghrabi, a learned man of Medina.. . . Subsequently he went to Tankasi in the Shai'kia country and taught there.

. . .He also did missionary work in Bornu and Hausaland [Affiu].

Among his pupils were Isma'il ibn el feki el Zayn el Shen'fabi, Muhammad walad Ferah, Muhammad walad Sulayman and Sa'ad walad Godulla.

"Muhammad 'el 'Agami' ibn Hasuna" {vide sub "el 'Agami,"

No. 55). ■ 181. "Muhammad ibn 'Ali ibn Karm el Kimani, el Misri

el Shafa'i." He entered the Sudan in the early days of the Fung rule and took up his residence at Arbagi, Sennar and Berber, in turn. He died and was

buried at Berber. "He was one of God's ow^n miracles, for all the Sheikhs were taught by him knowledge and the laws of obligation

[el ferid], as for instance Sheikh 'Abdulla ^^ el 'Araki and el Kadi Dushayn^^ el Shafa'i and Sheikh 'Abd el Rahman ^^ walad Ham- madtu and Sheikh Ibrahim el Faradi ^^ , , , and Sheikh Muhammad ^^

el Misri.". . .His sons were el Shakak and Shafa'i and Mekki and Medani.

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' reading l^L; for jiU. ^ No. 58. » Tree 11. i" No. 54. " No. 34. 12 No. 93. 13 No. 21. 14 No. 135.

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