326 THE NATIVE MANUSCRIPTS iv.d4.xi.

XI Subsequently "Hamam Abu Yusef el Sa'idi, the chief of the tribe of the Howara revolted [sc. against the Mamluk rule] and became Sultan of Upper Egypt and part of the Nuba country as far as Wadi Haifa, and these parts became subject to him. It was part

of this man's policy to sell the right of ruHng the lands of the Nuba to anyone who wanted it for fixed sums ; and this system continued for a long time, and as a result it caused greedy competition between the various Turks, that is the Kdshifs. On this account the tribes of

I brim formed an alHance, viz. the Ibramab^ and the Magrab and Agha Husayn and the Sakrab (?) and the Kikhiab and the Tubashia and the Hamdunab and the Karaiab, with a view to making war on four other tribes, viz. the Daudab and the Dababia and the Man- DULAB and the Azrihan (?).

XII And when these four tribes saw that they could not compete with their foes at Ibrim, they moved to the vicinity of el Derr, which lies ten miles to the south of Ibrim, and made their preparations there for carrying on the conflict; but before fighting actually took place a settlement was arranged between the parties by the mediation of the learned and sensible elders among the Nubians on the following conditions : the tribes of Ibrim who had settled at Ibrim were to be

allotted six places to rule, viz. Ibrim and 'Aniba and Ganiba and Masmas and Tushki East and Tushki West ; and the four tribes were

to take fifteen places, viz. Armana and Farayk and Balana and Kustal and Arnadan and Faras and Faras Island and Sarra East and Sarra

West and Dabayra and Ashkit and Arkayn and Dabarusa and Ankash

and Haifa Deghaym. Thus the settlement was efi'ected, and this state

of aff"airs continued for a long time without any tribe encroaching on another.

XIII And the Kdshifs coalesced with the Nubians by intermarriage until it came to pass that most of the tribes of Kdshifs were descended from Nuba mothers; and thus the Kdshifs became partners of the Nubians in their possessions, and the tribes became closely connected for the preservation of order, and lived together in peace.

XIV Finally there arose two persons, one from the tribe of the Mandulab, and the other from the Daudab, and went to King

Hamam Abu Yusef, the King of Upper Egypt {el Sa'id), and gave him many presents with a view to obtaining from him appointments as rulers of the part of Nubia lying between the first and the second cataracts, i.e. from Wadi Haifa to the cataract of Aswan, for one year.

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