266 THE NATIVE MANUSCRIPTS iv.d3.
230. "Selman el Towali, *el Zaghrat^.'" He was a follower of Sheikh Muhammad el Hamim^, and among his pupils were Sheikhs 'Abd el Kadir^ ibn el Sheikh Idris, Abu Delayk* and Burt^ el Mesallami He died at the age of 120.
231. " Senussi ibn el feki Mekki ibn el Sheikh 'Ali ibn el Sheikh Hamid" (d. about 1117'' A.H.).
A follower of the feki Abd el Rahman'^ ibn Belal.. . .He died at el Gebel about the year 1117^.
232. "Senussi WALAD NuRAYN^." He was born near Arbagi.. . .His mother was one of the Ghodiat^".
233. ""Serhan ibn el Hag Muhammad ibn Serhan." He was born at Arko Island, and had a son named Idris....He quarrelled with his cousins and migrated to the SnAiKfA country and settled to the east of the island on which the Awlad Gabir dwelt, and
married their sister Fatima, and begot el Hag Muhammad^^ and el Hag
'Omar and el Hag Abu el Kasim and Amna, "the mother of el Tankar's children.". . .He performed the pilgrimage.
234. "Serhan ibn el feki Subah walad Teraf." He was born at Gerf Kumr, died in 1206^^ aged about 90, and was buried at his birthplace.. . .He was a follower of Abd el Rahman^* ibn Belal.
235. "Shammar ibn Muhammad ibn 'Adlan, el Shaiki." He was born at Arbagi.. . .He was taught by the fekis Belal^^ and Abu
el Hasan^^ and Busati ibn el feki Arbab^'^ " He became a mufti [juris-
consult] in the sects of both Malik and el Shafa'i and a teacher of the doctrine of both. The people of Arbagi called him 'The Indian Boat' [Markab el Hind].'\ . .He was buried at Arbagi.
236. ^^" Sheikh el A'sir^** ibn 'Abd el Rahman ibn Hammadtu." He was born and resided at Nuri, and was taught by his father and his
brother Medani^".. . .When the latter died a dispute arose as to whether
Sheikh or Malik ^^ should be his successor, and the choice fell upon Sheikh.
. . .Among his pupils were 'Abd el Magid^- ibn el Aghbash and Abd el Kadir^^ ibn el Sheikh Idris.. . ."And miracles were vouchsafed to him,
one being as follows: He guaranteed to 'Othman walad Hammad that he should be victorious in war against the Fung: and the cir-
cumstances were as follows: [Sheikh] fell ill and was told that his
remedy lay in the fat of storks [rahil], and 'Othman shot a stork with a rifle and brought it to him, and his illness left him. Then [Sheikh]
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