IV. BA. Lxv. OF THE SUDAN 23 LIV And when death was come to Noah, upon whom be the blessings of God, he called to his son Sam, his firstborn, and divided the earth between him and his brothers, and to Sam he allotted the centre of the earth, the holy land, and its environs as far as Hadramaut and 'Oman as far as el Bahrayn and 'Alig ; and to his brothers he allotted the outlying portions of the land ; and Sam's allotment was the best of the earth and the most fertile. Ends.

LV We will now take up the thread of the narrative. LVI The pedigree of Guhayna is as follows: Dhubian son of 'Abdulla son of Dahman son of Kays son of Mufi'd son of Guhayna son of Rayth son of Ghatafan son of Sa'ad son of Kays son of 'Aylan son of Mudr son of Mu'awia son of el Hakam son of 'Affan son of Ams son of Ommayya son of 'Abd Shams son of 'Abd Menaf son of Kusai son of Kelab son of Murra son of Luai son of Ghalib son of Fihr son of Malik son of Nudr son of Kenana son of Khuzayma son of Mudraka son of el Yds son of Mudr son of Nizar son of Ma'ad son of 'Adnan.

LVII Others say that Guhayna was son of 'Atia son of el Hasan son of el Zubayr son of el 'Awwam son of Khowaylid son of Asad son of 'Abd el 'Uzza son of Kusai. . .etc.

LVIII Others say that Guhayna was son of 'Abdulla son of Unays el Guhani; and God knows the truth.

LIX Dhubian had ten sons, viz. Wati'd and Fahid and Shati'r and Bashir and 'Amir and 'Omran and 'Abd el 'Aziz Mahassi and Gudham and Sufian Afzar and Sarid*.

LX Wati'd and Fahid and Gudham and 'Amir and 'Omran were, all five, sons of one mother; and Shatir and Bashir were sons of one mother; and 'Abd el 'Aziz Mahassi and Sarid were sons of one mother; and Sufian Afzar was the only son of his mother.

LXI The descendants of Watid are the Khawalda ; the descendants of Fahid the Fahid at in the West.

LXII Shatir begot Sultan only.

LXIII Sultan had seven sons, Musallam and Ga'afir and Rashid and Ruwah and Hamayd (or "Hamayl")' and Ma'ashir and Rikab.

LXIV Muslim's sons were Fadin and Mashaykh and Moghrab and Dwayh and Daud.

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