258 THE NATIVE MANUSCRIPTS IV. d 3.

190. 1" Muhammad ' el Hamim ' ibn 'Abd el Sadik ibn Mashir,

el Rikabi."

He was nicknamed "el Hamim" ["the Earnest"] because the wife of his "Sheikh" sent him to buy a dish of bread [ktsra], and, on his return, he found she had left the village, so he followed her with the dish of bread from Arbagi to Sennar and thence to Kubia. . . . He was a pupil of Sheikh Tag el Din el Bahari- and a contemporary of Sheikhs Idris^ and Ban el Nuka el Darir*, and the latter wrote some verses in his honour.. . .He died and was buried at el Mundara.

"Muhammad ibn Hammad ibn el Sheikh Idri's" {vide sub "Ban el Nuka," No. 71).

" Muhammad ' Walad el Bahr ' ibn el Sheikh Ibrahim el Faradi "

{vide sub "Walad el Bahr," No. 252).

191. "Muhammad ibn 'Isa ibn Salih, el Bedayri, 'Sowar el Dhahab ' [' The Bracelet of Gold ']."

His mother was Hakika.. . .Among his pupils were 'Isa^ walad Kanu, 'Abdulla'^ el Aghbash the father of the Ghubush, Nusr el Tergami, and 'Abd el Rahman Abu Malah the father of Sheikh Khogali^; and among his friends were Sheikh 'Awuda^ Shakal el Karih, el Hag 'Abdulla the holy-man^ of Gerri, Muhammad^" walad el 'Abbasi, and Hammad^^ walad Abu Halima the holy-man of Sharau.. . .He lived in the reign of Badi ibn

Rubat "He ruled the seven kings of the Gin, and the Fung and

the kings of Ga'al obeyed him.". . .He was buried at Dongola.

"Muhammad 'el Kadal'" {vide sub "'El Kadal' Muhammad," No. 147).

"Muhammad el Kanawi" {vide sub "Muhammad 'el Misri,'" No. 195).

"Muhammad 'walad Kuta'" {vide sub "Muhammad ibn Mus- allam," No. 196).

192. 12 "Muhammad ibn Mahmud^^ el 'Araki." He was a most learned and pious man, and was buried with his famous father at el Kusayer.

193. " Muhammad ibn Medani ibn Dushayn^^ ' Kadi el 'Adala.' " "Sheikh 'Izz el Dini^ walad Nafi'a el 'Araki said 'After Sheikh

Dafa'alla the man who had intimacy with God was the feki Mu-

hammad ibn Medani.'". . .Among his contemporaries were Sheikhs Musa^^ walad Ya'akub and Hammad ibn Dafa'alla, and among his pupils the fekis Dafa'alla ibn 'Abd el Hafiz and Khidr the holy-man [rdgil] of el Nuba and 'Abd el Hadi the holy-man of el Ruays "He was buried in the village which is famous by his name."

1 Tree i. ^ No. 67. ^ No. 141. * No. 71. ^ No. 143. ^ No. 31. 7 No. 154. « No. 66. " reading J^\j for J^lj. i" No. 173. ^^ No. 121. ^- Tree 7. -^^ No. 157. 1* No. 93. 1^ No. 146. 1^ No. 209.