IV. D6.LXII. OF THE SUDAN 353 is no historical Sultan named Abu Ya'akub. In para. XLii "el Takrur" is apparent!}? meant to represent any of the western states of the Sudan, and it the same is the case here the reference may conceivably be to the incident of 'Abd el Kerim, the first Muhammadan ruler of Wadai, the grandfather of the Sultan Ya'akub and the conqueror of the Tungur. He reigned 1635-55 was of a Ga'ali stock from near Shendi (see vol. i, pp. 68 and 198).

The Arabic translated ''you zvill have a correct idea of my dominion'* is jcXo i»\j. jXc sZJii jk5 jXjI JLcI — the word sirdt being literally " the [right] way" (see Hughes, p. 595). LV The Arabic of this passage is as follows : JI IjkA Osil5 y ijtf&j jjUsJ.-»3l *.«-«; <dJ 013 (J 1=3 Ui tLii Aiij Lix "It has had. . .pagan'' is jL) jiSii Jc; Jk4*. .flyiio kJ >J*:; jW«- > v* 0-5 '•s* JLo ly3 LX Cp. A 2, XXXIV ; D 4, vi, etc.

LXI By "the mosque of 'Amr" is perhaps meant the mosque superimposed at Old Dongola upon the ruins of an ancient Christian church (see Budge, 11, p. 372 and Anglo-Eg. Sudan, i, p. 31). At Khandak there is an old brick fort in the middle of the town, which may be alluded to here (see Gleichen, p. 29).

LXii The Arabic of this paragraph is •t dJJt J\ *aaJI lyjDU b*~3b [sic) j3e3l >-ij3d\ w>l.»JI j-ylJt iVYY ilo-B.. ji ojjj-si (J>« xlUii jiSj tijjA* [sic) aaaJI 23