380 THE NATIVE MANUSCRIPTS iv. d 7. clxviii.

Walad Nasir's slaves, but he was defeated at Taiba Kandalawi and el Hag Sulayman walad Ahmad was killed. Walad Ragab then fled to 'Aylafun and Kamtur to Abu Haraz, and Walad Nasir's slaves retired again to

Kassala, via the village of Walad el Magdhub, and made one Tayfara their ruler.)

CLXIX And among the sons of their masters the slaves had with them Muhammad walad Ibrahim walad Muhammad Abu el Kaylak;

and when they were returning after their victory this man asked their leave to make a raid on [the] Bakkara, and they gave him leave: so

he parted [from them at] Walad el Magdhub and raided [the] Bak-

kara and took some spoil, which he sent to the slaves at Kassala. CLXX Then he met [the] Fezara and entered into league with chem

to fight the slaves and accompanied them to el Khartoum, where they looted as they willed and slew Ibrahim ibn el feki Muhammad walad

Ali, the khalifa of the. feki Arbab.

CLXXI Muhammad walad Ibrahim then went to 'Abud and stayed there. The slaves meanwhile remained at Kassala in impiety and

drunkenness and villainy; and all power, for loosing or for binding, was in their hands for eight months.

CLXXII (The author then tells how Muhammad walad Ibrahim was joined by many of the notables and made his plans. The slaves being apprised of this went to Sennar and put the family of Ragab in chains and took them to Kassala. Muhammad then attacked them and killed a number and

captured the rest. He put all the prisoners to death excepting Tayfara, who during his brief rule had done no harm in word or deed.)

CLXXIII Thus the power passed to Walad Ibrahim, and he resided

at Taiba Kandalawi for a time and then moved to Um Daraysa.

CLXXIV Meanwhile Muhammad walad Ragab had been at el 'Ayla-

fun, but he now moved to Abu Haraz and looted the Fadnia Arabs.

CLXXV Then the 'Arakiyyun came to him and told him that the loot had not belonged to the Fadnia but to themselves. He, however, refused their request and reviled them, wherefore they named him

"The Rough-tongued," and affairs came to such a pass that he at-

tacked them and slew Sheikh Dafa'alla walad el Samuta and Abu

'Akla ibn el Sheikh Yusef, though he had but few troops with him; and his victory was so complete that they fell into^ the grain pits {mapnura) and hid therein and were put to the extreme of shame.

CLXXVI Then Sheikh Muhammad walad Ragab relented and left

the 'Arakiyyun and went towards el Turfaya to meet Sheikh Kamtur and seek his protection, and Kamtur accorded it him because of the fear of Walad Ibrahim that was in his heart; or rather, as soon as

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