276 THE NATIVE MANUSCRIPTS IV. d 3.
Batahi'n, among others, as their " Sheikh," i.e. it is his tomb to which they pay their "visits" (zidra) and which they help to maintain, and to him that they would have recourse for any supernatural assistance: in other words they regard him as the particular medium through which they may approach Providence. If they lost a camel by theft they would enquire
at his tomb, or if a woman was barren she would appeal at his tomb — the guardian thereof benefiting proportionately. Cp. note to No. 73, and see Jaussen, p. 309, on the subject of zidras and tombs.
'Abd el Baki's tomb is not at Gebel Moya but at Um Karkur, some 40 miles N.N.W. of it. Bddi walad Nul ruled at Sennar from 1733 to 1766 a.d. (Bruce). He
is generally known as Badi "Abu Shelukh" (for which name see note to D 7, XLVIIl).
4. No. 174 is this man's son. 6. Abu Hardz is five miles north of Wad Medani, on the Blue Nile.
It was the home of the Araki family.
7. Abyad Dili is north of Khartoum near Wad Ramla station. Cp.
Nos. 34 and 142. This man's descendants and those of his brother Mu-
hammad (see No. 141, note) are at Wawissi, north of Khartoum. 8. El Bashdkira is a village on the Blue Nile about 45 miles above Khartoum.
''Was taught it by...'" is in each case ^j-« dJ,o.l or ,j^ djt».l, i.e. literally, "took it from." Which of the three men named Muhammad ibn Medani (for whom see No. 194) is meant here is not clear.
Ndfa'i el Fezdri occurs again in Nos. 206, 207. 9. '' Succeeded his father" is a.*j| ^iJoa ijlJaaUl ,^3. The '' khatib" is the preacher who recites the " khutba" in the Friday service at the mosque (see Hughes, p. 472).
" Ki?ig Bddi" must be Badi "Abu Shelukh" (1733-1766, Bruce) as 'Abd el Latif's father (q.v.) flourished about 1767. "Subr" I cannot identify.
From No. 25 (q.v.) we know No. 9 lived at el 'Egayga. For the circumstances of his death cp. D 7, LVii.
10. We know the date of his death from No. 229 (q.v.).
For the word "e/ Magdhub" see note to No. 61. Feki Samih and his two sons are again mentioned in No. 79 {q.v. note).
11. El Kubia is spelt "el Kubia" in No. 171. ''And he said to her . . . ." The Arabic of the whole of this passage will be found in Appendix 2. The word used for dowry here is " saddk" which
is properly the gift of the bridegroom to the bride, as opposed to " viahr" which is the purchase price paid to the bride's parents. (See Jaussen, Coutumes des Arabes..., p. 49.) If a man divorce his wife she can by Muhammadan law " demand the full payment of the dower" (see Hughes, p. 91). Since, however, it was the wife, and not the husband, who sought the divorce, and since she would not be able to effect this object legally,
she would, as the price of her husband's compliance, be compelled to forgo her right to receive the full dower. 'Abd el Mahmud, however.