26o THE NATIVE MANUSCRIPTS IV. d 3.

199. "Muhammad ibn 'Omran." He was taught what pertains to the sphere of faith ['z7«z el kaldm] and logic [el miintik] at Shendi by el Medowi^ ibn el Misri.

200. "Muhammad ibn el feki Salim, el Mai'di." He was a follower of the feki BelaF and his son 'Abd el Rahman^ and Sheikh Khogali".

"Muhammad ibn Serhan" {vide sub " Sughayerun," No. 241). "Muhammad walad el Shukl" {vide sub "Walad el Shukl," No. 253).

201. "Muhammad ibn Surur ibn el Hag Ghanawa." A follower of Sheikh Hasan^.

"Muhammad Tag el Din" {vide sub "el Bahari," No. 67). 202. ^"Muhammad ibn el Tankar, el Ga'ali el Bisharabi." His mother was Amna bint Fatima bint Gabir, and he was taught by

her brother Sughayerun'.. . .

He was a follower of Sheikh Idris^ and would have liked to be his

successor but was prevented by Sheikh Abd el Razik^. He then settled at el Muays and built a mosque there, and subsequently went south to

el Bursi, where he died.. . .Among his pupils were Muhammad "walad Kuta^"" and Sheikh Hammad^^ ibn el Turabi.

203. 12 "Muhammad 'ibn Um Gadayn' ibn el Sheikh 'Abd el Rahman ^^ ibn Hammadtu."

He was taught by his brother the feki Sheikh^^, whom he eventually succeeded, and by his brother's son Ibn Medani^^.. . .Among his pupils were 'Abd el Rahman^^ ibn Asid and Medani^' ibn Muhammad ibn

Medani.. . .He was buried with his brother Medani^^ at el 'Egayga.. . .His sons were Abd el Rahman, Hammadtu and Ibrahim.. . .Muhammad, the

son of the last-named, succeeded the Awlad Um Gadayn as Khalifa.

204. ^^" Muhammad ibn el Sheikh el Zayn, 'el Azrak'" (d. 1108A.H.20). He was taught by his father and his paternal uncle Ibrahim "el Haggar^^." The latter died in 1098 A.H.^^ The feki SaHm el Mai'di was one of his pupils.. . .One of his miracles is related thus: "The late Sheikh Isma'il ibn Belal told me that one of the Hudur was in a boat on the Salt Sea, and a storm arose so that the boat was almost swamped, and the man called upon Muhammad ibn el Zayn, and saw him come flying through the air with his staff; and the sea became calm and

the boat was saved.". . .He died in the year Um Hiriaydil, viz. 1108.

1 No. 165. 2 ^Tf, jg 3 Jyfo j6 4 J^o j^^

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