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given him he has facilitated the granting of their prayers, and their

holy men and their tribe [itself] are called el Mashai'kh^

XLV The SawaIl are the family of Sail ibn Yerbu'a el Muzani and are a sub-tribe of Muzayna who migrated from near Jedda. There are many of them in Egypt. They left el Yemen at the same time as Humayl el Selmi.

XLVI SuLAYM are a well-known tribe of the Hegaz. Most of them live between the Holy Places, and some of them settled in the Sudan, and these latter are the Yuasifa.

XLVII The Masha'ala are the family of Masha'al ibn Ya'akub el Gahadli, and are a branch of the Gahadla, who again are an Arab

tribe, partly sedentary and partly nomad, residing to the right hand

of Mekka, and represented in the Sudan by the family of Masha'al ibn Gahdal.

XLVI 1 1 The 'Agarifa are the family of 'Agraf ibn Ma'amir el Khuza'i, Khuza'a being the well-known tribe at Mekka and there-

abouts, who are represented in the Sudan by the family of 'Agraf only. They are a moderate sized community. The reason of their immigration to the Sudan was the ill-treatment they received from el Haggag at the time when he [re-]built the temple. God and the Prophet know best.

XLIX The 'Aragin are the people of those countries, and were not Arabs of the Hegaz. They were extremely skilful and versatile. It

is said that among them was a man called 'Aziz the Poet . . . (some verses follow).

L The Senabla are the family of Sanbal ibn Gabr. They are a large Arab tribe.

LI The Hadareb. I was told by Sidi 'Abdulla Bawazi'z el Hadari that they came originally from Hadramaut, and were said to be a branch of the Hamum, who are nomads in Hadramaut, and that they emigrated thence to the Sudan in the days of el Haggag ibn Yusef, and settled among the Bega until they became exactly as if they were Bega themselves, and took up their abode at Suakin, the well-known island on the coast of the Sudan near Abyssinia ; and [he said that]

they were called "the Hadarem," deriving the name from ''hadra,'' but from ignorance the d was changed into d and the m into b, as

can be understood, and they became the "Hadareb."

LII The Ga'afira are a great tribe. Their descent is from Ga'afir el Tai, and it is said that their ancestor was Hatim el Tai. They are famous for their generosity, as he was,

LIII The MusiYYUN are the family of Musa ibn Sa'id el Thakfi.

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