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XXVII The Hamzat are the descendants of Hamza ibn 'Abd el Muttalib. There are a number of them on the bank of the Kadimia near el Khor.

XXVIII Kenana are a great tribe belonging to the famous Kenana of el Yemen. In the Sudan they include the families of Duhaym el Kenani and of Ragih and of Selim. They live in the same locality as Fezara.

XXIX The RowASi are the descendants of Rasi el Kahtani. They were in Abyssinia but most of them disappeared. In Abyssinia they

contain a number of Beni Ba'ala. A number of them apostatized,

XXX The Kalla are by origin Arabs. In Abyssinia they are infidels. They are a nuisance to the Abyssinians, killing them and capturing their women and children. There is a difierence of opinion as to their origin, some saying they are descended from Kahtan and some from Himyar and some from the Beni Ghassan, and the last is true.

XXXI Thakif. a very small community and unimportant among the Arabs . . . (some depreciatory lines by Ibn el Moghrabi about them are quoted).

XXXII The Salahiyyun are the descendants of Salah ibn Gabir

ibn Ghassan. They are numerous, and most of them live in Abyssinia towards the coast.

XXXIII The Gabiria in Abyssinia are a considerable tribe, but most of them are between the Mahass country and Dongola the

famous. They are the family of Gabir ibn 'Abdulla el Ansari, who begot them at the time of the conquest of Dongola, when it was destroyed and God gave the Muslims the victory in the invasion of

'Amr ibn el 'Asi, God bless him.

XXXIV The Geratima are the family of Geratim ibn 'Ukba el Rabi'i of the tribe of Rabi'a. They live between Abyssinia and the Beg A.

XXXV Rufa'a. They lived at first in Abyssinia and [among] the Bega\ and then they moved to the Nile lands. They are one of the Kahtanite tribes in the Sudan. Our Sheikh Abu Nusr Muhammad

el Shadhali^ said " I do not know exactly how they are descended,

beyond that it is certain they are descended from Kahtan."

XXXVI The Zenarkha are the family of Zernikh ibn A'gif of the Beni Lam, the famous tribe in Neged^ el Hegaz.

XXXVII The 'AwASi are the family of 'Asi ibn Gama'a el Mukhal- ladi, the Mukhallad being also an Arab tribe.

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