298 THE NATIVE MANUSCRIPTS iv.ds.
147. " El Kaddl." JjcS is a word used in the Sudan to mean "he walked in a dignified manner."
Ounsa walad Ndsir reigned at Sennar from 1689-1701 (Bruce). 148. For " Timya" see Xo. 178.
149. " Was nicknamed. . . " is ly^ \j^ [io-J^ ... w>i^...]. 151. For Kagoi, spelt "Kagog" see No. 132 and note. Sheikh Hasan Hasuna was born at the same place, and his mother's maternal grandmother was, like Xo. 151, a Saridia Khamaysia {i.e. one of the Sowarda).
152. The nickname means "Father of the Swordstick," or perhaps " Father of the sword of wood."
Shanbdt is just north of Khartoum. There is a " Talha" between el Kamlin and Rufa'a, but the name is common. '' Dzcayhi" denotes his tribe.
153. Surkuni is a hill a few miles north of Omdurman.
" Gdbri" i.e. one of the Gawabra or descendants of Gabir.
" There came to him. . .": for the Arabic see Appendix 31. " Servants' beer" : Arabic " merisa shaldtit." " Shaldtit " {sing. " shaldti ") is, I am told by natives, a term for servants, whether freemen or slaves; and
''merisa shaldtit'^ might mean either "beer, the unclean drink of servants" (and cp. note to No. 66), or (more likely here) " such coarse beer as servants are given to drink." In either case the difference of opinion between Xos. 66 and 153 as to beer-drinking is noteworthy. The story ends as abruptly in the text as in the translation.
" When the troops. . .": for the Arabic see Appendix 32. Another account of this rebellion, of which the leader was el Amin
Aradib walad 'Agib, will be found in D 7, XLii. The difference between the
clerical and lay versions is worth noticing.
Xote that "Fl'ag" in this story is once spelt -^ and once ^-J^i: the variation is common.
Bddi el Ahmar ruled from 1701 to 1726 (Bruce). Kerri, north of Khartoum, was the centre of the Abdullab domain, and el Is (Kawa) the headquarters of FuxG power on the White Xile.
El Is, Bruce's "el Aice," is also Browne's "Allais, on the Bahr-el-abiad, the place which the ferr}^-boats frequent" (p. 452).
By "slaves" is meant the soldier}^-: the Fung army was almost entirely recruited from slaves drawn from such localities as Tekali and Daier in
southern Kordofan (cp. Bruce, passim).
El Hdg 'Omdra was apparently the patron saint of Khali'i el Rumi.
154. Khogali is one of the most famous holy-men of the Sudan, and his kubba at el Halfaya is very well known. For his biography and pedigree
cp. ABC, IV.' For " 'ilm el kaldm" see note to para, viii, supra. 'Ayesha was the wife of Xo. loi, q.v. "It zoos characteristic . . .": for the Arabic see Appendix 33. For the Shadhalia order see note to AB, li. For the different types of clothing