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166. "£/ 'Ayl Fung'' (^ J^l) is now called "el 'Aylafun" (maps, "Eilafun"): see No. 141 (note).

Gedid is on the west bank of the Blue Nile opposite el 'Aylafun : as there are three villages there now they are generally called, in the plural, "elGedaid."

Elti is on the same bank as, and south of, Gedid.

167. His tomb is with that of his father at Abu Delayk. 168. Kutrdtig is a village on the east bank of the Blue Nile above

el 'Aylafun. This man's tomb is at Wad Digays, south of Um Dubban, east of Kutrang.

169. El Shekayk is west of the White Nile between el Dueim and Omdurman.

170. ''His large commentary. . .": for the Arabic see Appendix 38. " The Senussia " is a work on tazohid ("doctrine of unity "). For sharah ("commentary") see Hughes, p. 572.

171 . " His companion ..." is

For el Kubia see No. 1 1 .

172. Cp. No. 17. 174. See No. 186.

175. ''He united. . .": the Arabic of this common phrase is

JwoaJI^ ^.©AaJI ^>*j ^.^xf. ^.o^ ^J\£s The author mentions in this biography that one of Muhammad ibn

'Abd el Rahman's disciples gave him the information he has written in the Tabakdt concerning him.

177. The author states that one of this man's disciples, fakir Mustafa ibn Abu Shama, gave him the information retailed here. See No. 2.

178. Cp. No. 148. Timya was not literally the father but the great - 0 , e

great-grandfather of No. 175. The name Timya is here written ^ - p "

[for A*^], but in No. 148 it is once written a^ and once a*^,

"His father'' is 'Ali ibn Barri, and '"Araki" is 'AbduUa el 'Araki, father of No. 237, and brother of No. 178.

"The matting'^ ("el bursh") would be for the Khalifa to sit upon (cp. No. 66).

For the Arabic of the text see Appendix 39.

180. Tankdsi Island is near Debba in Dongola Province.

181. "He was one of. . .": for the Arabic see Appendix 40. 183. The kubbas of this man and of his son 'Abd el Rahman are close to Bashakira West: they are of red brick and unplastered.

185. Medani is father of No. 193.

186. The form "el Lukr" occurs in Nos. 12 and 174, though here "el Aghir" is used.

Um 'Ukud [maps, "Um Mughud"] and Elti lie on the west bank of the Blue Nile below el Kamlin.