28o THE NATIVE MANUSCRIPTS iv.ds.

29. ''Imam,'" i.e. "precentor," is in the Arabic here ''sahib," i.e. lit. "master."

Asldng is an island in the river about 22 miles north of Khartoum.

The "King of the Fung" is 'Adlan I (1610-1615, Bruce): vide sub No. 126. "'Agib the Great" is " 'Agib the Mangilak" of para, vi, supra (g.v.).

32. I am told he was a Ga'ali Hasabullawi and was buried at Gebel Sakadi Moya, west of Sennar.

33. Tdka is the district round Kassala. Abu Hardz is close to the north of Wad Medani.

For this biography cp. No. 8.

34. This man's pedigree is given in C 9. 36. "Attached himself to" is "sahiba." There is a site near Soba called "Wad Hasoba" to this day. Um Leban is an island on the White Nile between Dueim and Kawa.

38. El Kalay'a: there is a place of this name in the Gezira some 22 miles north-west of el Manakil. 40. Fas is Fezzan. 41. This man is mentioned in D i, cii.

42. His descendants were called the 'Aklab (see D i, cii). 43. "Among his followers was..." is ^^iJI ^^jJa AJlf^ J>^l O-o^ (cp. para, viii, supra and note).

The "Sheikh Dafa'alla" mentioned here cannot be, as is usual. No. 85, because it would be quite incorrect to say that all the stock of the latter were

descended from No. 43 's two sons : see Tree 9, which shows numerous other well-known descendants of Sheikh Dafa'alla el 'Araki.

44. "Holy-man" is " rdgil" : see note to para, v, supra. Hagar el 'Asal is between Khartoum and Shendi. "He it was. . .": the Arabic is:

46. The entire Arabic of this biography is given in Appendix 5.

"Patches" is "gibab" (sing. " gibba"): this word " gibba" (or "jibbeh") became very familiar in the Mahdia, being used for the patched shirts

worn by the Dervishes in obedience to the Mahdi's orders.

The simile involved in the nickname of "Scorpion's Tail" is "as a man stung by a scorpion dies at once, so he who swears falsely on the tomb

of Abu Delayk will die at once." On this subject see Jaussen, pp. 311, 312. The district and village of Abu Delayk, the headquarters of the Batahin, lying about 90 miles east of Khartoum, is called after this man. His real

name was 'Ali and he is generally said (cp. sub No. 74) to have been a Kahli, but his descendants are always called Delaykab.

El Nigfa is a low hill close to the south-west of the village of Abu Delayk : the tomb of Abu Delayk is on this hill and is still much used by the Arabs for the taking of oaths.

48. The text gives some three pages of praises and poetry in honour of "Abu Idris."

50. " A pupil of. . ." is ^^J^ j>^\ Jjj^ »iAJLw.