IV. D 3. OF THE SUDAN 303

Of the year 1098 the text says "The year of the Nile which collected the people after the dispersion of Um Lahm, viz. 1098"

Um Lahm, the famine year, was 1095 (see No. 84), and presumably in 1098 there was a high Nile which relieved the distress caused by 1095.

205. Jackson (Yacubabi Tribe) gives Medani as son of Muhammad el Zayn.

206. From No. 8 we know this man was a Gama'i by tribe. For Nafa'i see Nos. 207 and 8.

207. "He di::d. . . " : for the Arabic see Appendix 42. Gunkul was king of the Musaba'at, a branch of the Fur who ruled in Kordofan. In the reign of Musa ibn Sulayman (Schurtz, 1 637-1 682) Gunkul laid claim to the throne of Darfur. For his pedigree, etc., see

MacMichael, Tribes..., p. 55 (note): he was the father of the 'fsawi mentioned later; and the latter was father of the famous Hashim.

King Dekin is mentioned again in No. 189: he appears to have been the Fung representative in Kordofan, and the seat of his power would be

near Tekali and Daier, the locality intended by "their country."

Nafa'i is mentioned passim, e.g. in No. 206. The author probably means to denote by "He said 'raise the sword'" that Nafa'i was executed on the spot, but this is not certain,

I do not know what ^<rvJLfi w-si*5 means, but have translated it "set off to attack them."

208. See note to No. 124.

"Rendered obedience" is aJ 0>lijl, i.e. he was their Sheikh. 209. This Musa is generally known as "Abu Kussa," and was one of the chief of the Ya'akubab: see Nos. 170 and 217. He and his brother (No. Ill) have a kubba at Sabil (see No. iii, note).

" Marhab" is Marhaba bint Fadl (see Jackson, Yacubabi Tribe). 211. The feki Sughayerun mentioned here is claimed as ancestor by the DoALiB in Kordofan (see MacMichael, Tribes..., p. 93).

212. For el Kerrada see No. 81.

"He was called. . .": for the Arabic see Appendix 43. 213. "In front of" is " east of," i.e. 15 miles north-north-west of Gebel Rera, between Abu Delayk and the Atbara.

214. This man has a conspicuous ^h\tt kubba at el Hilalia. See note to No. 125. Nanna is said to have had a son Musa. His name is spelt inD3o-'-

216. The " delay b" palm is Borassus flabellifer. "I swear by Sheikh. . .": for the Arabic see Appendix 44. Tag el Din was the Sheikh of this family: cp. No. 62, where the anecdote here related is also given.

221. Cp. C7, III. 222. For the Arabic of the first part of this biography see Appendix 45 . For the genealogical items given in this biography cp. D i, paras, civ to cxxiv and BA, clxxxi et seq.