30 THE NATIVE MANUSCRIPTS iv. ba. cxlv.

CXLV Kahtan had six sons, or, it is said, seven; and the latter is

the more correct : they were Subuh and Fadl and Mansur and Makit and Mias and Muhammad el Dub and Makbud.

CXLVI The descendants of Subuh are the Subha, of Fadl the F.\pLiYYUN, of Mansur the Manasra, of Makit the Makaita, of Mias the MiAiSA, of Muhammad el Dub the Dubab, and of Makbud the Mekabda.

CXLVI I The sons of Selma were Hakim and Gabir. CXLVIII The descendants of Hakim are the Hakimab, the kings of Arko, and the descendants of Gabir are the Gabirab or Gawabra or

Gabiri'a.

CXLIX Hammad begot Fahid. The sons of Fahi'd were Guma'a and Gama'i and Hammad, [also] called Hamid: they were three in number.

CL The descendants of Guma'a are the Gima'a, of Gama'i the Gawama'a, of Hammad (or Hamid) the Ahamda^ and the Ham- \l\da; and it is said that among his descendants are also the Na-

wai'ba^ and the Salamat and Borku.

CLI Rubat had five sons, 'Awad and Kuraysh and Khanfar and Mukbal and 'Abayta.

CLII The descendants of 'Awad are the 'Awadia, of Kuraysh the KuRAYSHAB, of Khanfar the Khanfaria, of Mukbal the Mukabla,

and of 'Abayta the 'Abta.

CLIII The descendants of Nebi'h son of Mismar are the Nebah. CLIV Subuh Abu Merkha had three sons, Hammad el Akrat and Hamayd el Nawam and Hamaydan.

CLV The descendants of Hammad^ el Akrat are the Magidia and the Kurt AN, and of Hamayd el Nawam the Nawamia and the Mansurab and the Sandidab.

CLVI The sons of Hamaydan were Ghanim and Shaik, whose

mother was Hamama the daughter of [Hamaydan's] uncle Rubat ibn Mismar, and Hasabulla and Mutraf (ancestor of the Hasabia),

whose mother was the daughter of Hashi el Kumri el Fungawi'a, and four sons of another mother, Ghanim and Ghanam, or Ghanum,

and Gami'a and Malik el Zayn.

CLVII The descendants of Shaik are the Shai'ki'a. CLVIII Ghanim had three sons, Diab and Duab and Gamu'a. The descendants of Gamu'a are the Gamu'^a: the sons of Di'ab were Bishara and Ndsir.

' reading Sj^U-'s)! for 5j..o.a^t . 2 reading iol^j (as AB) for i-j^.

^ reading jup^. for ju»ah.o.