IV. D 3. OF THE SUDAN 263 him 'Ab' Sa'ad!' and he repHed '[Yes], master of Ab' Sa'ad's mother ! ' Then [Nur el Din] said ' Tell the animals which made our beasts to bolt that Sheikh 'All's order to them is "Come and carrj in their place."' And the elephants came, and they were four in number, and carried the load of the twenty-four camels," 217. i"El Nur ibn el Sheikh Musa 'Abu Kussa.'" His mother was a slave-woman, and his father's brother was Sheikh Muhammad walad Marzuk.. . .He was buried at Mugaddala.

218. "NURAYN WALAD EL KUBGA." He was born at el Koz, his mother being the daughter of Sheikh Sherif the disciple of Sheikh el Zayn.. . .He taught at Arbagi.. . .His son was the feki Senussi'*. He was buried at el Matassi (?).

o 219. " 'Omara ibn 'Abd el Hafiz el Khatib." His mother was the daughter of el Labadi, and he was born at Sennar.

. . .In Ramaddii 1177 A.H. he left Sennar and arrived in Egypt in Safar 1178 A.H.' After staying at el Azhar university he proceeded to the Hegaz. In 1180 he returned to Egypt.. . .In 1189 he again performed the pilgrimage.. . .He married Fatima bint Salim, a merchant's daughter.. . .He was a contemporary of Sheikh 'Izz el Din° walad Nafi'a of Manakil, the disciple of el Kadal ibn el Faradi.

R 220. "Radulla ibn Delila, el Saridi el Khamaysi." He was born at Shanbat and was taught by fekis Belal and Abu el Hasan. Later he went to el Bursi and el Turfaya, and died at the latter.

221. "Rahma EL Halawi." A pupil of Tag el Din el Bahari.

222 . 1 " Rub AT and Rikab . ' ' "They were the two sons of Ghulamulla. Rub at was one of God's chosen [ragul magdhub]. The Sowarda married a slave-girl of theirs to him, and deceived him about her, and she bore to him Selim. Then they confessed to him their deceit and said to him ' She is a slave.' So he complained of them to the Kadi, and the latter gave judgment for him that his son was free and bound him to pay the 1 Tree 8. 2 209. o. 258. No. 232. 5 No. 61. 1764 a.d. ' 1765 a.d. * 1767 a.d. 9 1776 a.d. 10 No. 146. 11 No. 147. 12 No. 79. 13 No. 47. " No. 67. 15 Xree i. 1 reading <«JLw <*J for ©JLJ .