342 NATIVE MANUSCRIPTS OF THE SUDAN IV. d5 i.

The Tribes of the Rikdbia

I The ancestor of these tribes was Sheikh Ghulamulla. He was born on an island called Nowawa after his father had come from the land of Yemen.

II He begot two sons on one of the islands of the Red Sea, called

Si'akia, and thence he proceeded with them to the land of Dongola, which, when he arrived there, was utterly sunk in error owing to the lack of learned men. When he arrived there he built a mosque and taught the Kuran and the sciences.

III Now his two sons were Rikab and Rubat.

IV Rikab had five sons, 'Abdulla, 'Abd el Nebi, Habib, 'Agib and Zayd el Ferid.

V Rubat had six sons, Ruzayn, Dahmash, Muhammad '(3n, 'Abd el Razik, Misbah and Hazlul.

VI Ruzayn's descendants were [the family of] Habib Munesi ; and Dahmash's were [those of] the feki 'Ali Manofali at Dongola.

VII Muhammad '6n begot the Awlad Gabir, the great men of learning.

VIII The descendants of 'Abd el Razik were [the family of] Sheikh Hasan walad Belil at el Kenara.

IX The sons of Misbah are among the Kababish and consist of many subdivisions.

X The descendants of Hazlul are at el Haraza.

XI The sons of 'Abd el Nebi were 'Abd el Sadik, ancestor of the Sadikab, and Shakara, the ancestor of Hasan walad Shakara at Dongola.

The descendants of Habib are the people of el Sababi.

XII The descendants of 'Agib are {sic) Sheikh Muhammad walad Abu Halima.

XIII The descendants of Zayd el Ferid are {sic) Walad Hag Magid.

XIV Hag Magid's descendants are the Bahigab and the 'Akizab.

D 5 {d) NOTE

For the whole of this extract cp. BA, CLXXix et seq. to ccviii ; D i, xcii and CIV ei seq.