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value of the mother. This occurred in the time of the Fung. Now

Selim sought the daughter of his uncle Rikab in marriage, and her name was Ganiba : but she refused him because of [the taint of]

slavery. Then it happened that Kandil el '(3ni had a daughter who was sick, and he referred her case to Selim, and she recovered, so

[Kandil] married her to him, and she begot 'On. And '(3n begot Gabir, the father of the four Sheikhs. Again, Malik el Kanisa [lit.

' The king of the Church '] had a sick daughter, and she was cured, and he married her to [Selim], and she bore to him Hadhlul. Then Ganiba bint Rikab regretted her refusal, for he was a man of piety and popular among the people ; so he married her and she bore him four

sons, Ruzayn and 'Abd el Razik and Dahmash and Misbah. Ruzayn was ancestor of the NAs Habib Nesi^, and 'Abd el Razik of NAs el Sheikh Hasan walad Belil, and Dahmash of the RuaydAb, the

people of Abyad Diri, and Misbah of the RikAbia of el 'Afat. Ends.

RikAb ibn Ghulamulla had four sons, 'Abdulla and 'Abd el Nebi

(by a single mother), and Zayd el Ferid, and Habi'b and 'Agib (by a single mother). 'Abdulla begot Hag and Hagag. Hag begot the DoAlib, and Hagag begot the NAs walad Ak-hal. 'Abd el Nebi begot the SAdikAb, and Zayd el Ferid the 'AkAzAb and the TamrAb and the ShabwAb, and 'Agib the SidrAb, the NAs walad Abu Hali'ma.

Here ends the genealogical tree of the RikAbia."

223. "Sa'ad el Kursani." He was a Shaiki and taught at Nuri....His teacher was 'Abd el Rahman- ibn Asid.

224. "Sa'ad walad ShushAi, el Moghrabi." He was buried near Shendi and north of it.... A contemporary of

Sheikh Sughayerun^.

225. "El HAg Sa'id ibn Muhammad el 'Abbasi." He lived at el Takaki and was taught apostleship [risdla] by el Mesal- lami* walad Abu Wanaysa.. . .He visited Berber, Shendi and Sennar.

226. ^"SAlih ibn BAn el NukA^" (b. 1092^; d. 1167^ a.h.). "He was the third of the Khalifas who lit the fire of Sheikh 'Abd el Kadir in the land of the Fung."

His biography is divided into three chapters; firstly, the evidence of his contemporaries as to his character, etc.; secondly, an account of his teaching and career, and thirdly praises of his virtues and some account of his miracles.

' No. 105. 2 ]sjo_ j^ 3 -^Q 241. ^ No. 172. ^ Tree 8. ^ No. 70. ' 1681 a.d. ^ 1753 a.d. I