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another mother; and Muhammad Ferid; and 'Abuda and Yoiy and Tuayr and Abu Bukr and 'Awad and 'Abd el Rahman Badikis and Wahhayb and Kunna and Ba'ashom. CLXXII The four Karakisa are well known: the descendants of Shukl el Kamal are the Shukal: the descendants of four of the

Sitnab are the Sitnab, and of four of the 'Abudatab^ the 'Abu- datab\ and of Nafa'a the Nafa'ab, and of Nafi'a the Nifi'ab, and of 'Abd el Daim the 'Aliab and their subdivisions, and of 'Abd el Ma'abud I know no descendants. The descendants of Muhammad

'Ali are the Sa'adab, and I do not know of any descendants of Abu Selima and Barakat. The descendants of the Mek Muhammad are

the Muhammad AB, of 'Abuda the 'Abudab, of Yoiy the Yoiyab at

Koz Bara, and I do not know of any descendants of Tuayr^ and Abu Bukr and 'Awad and 'Abd el Rahman Badikis.

The descendants of Wahhayb are the Wahahib near Berber, of

Kunna the Kunnawiyyun, of Ba'ashom the Ba'ashim and the people of el 'Arashkol and the Saba'ania and the people of Kabushia.

CLXXIII The 'Ababsa are the descendants of 'Abdulla Abu Ga'afir

el Saffah, the first of the Beni el 'Abbas to hold the power, and they live at el Rai and el Shura and are a mighty tribe.

CLXXIV The Fadnia are the descendants of the noble Sayyid, el Sayyid Muhammad ibn el Hanafia, son of the most noble Imam

'Ali son of Abu Talib, God bless him and honour him; and there is much told of them, and God knows best.

CLXXV The Ga'afira are the family of Ga'afir son of Kahtan of the tribe of Tai, said to be a descendant of Hatim el Tai, and they are renowned for generosity.

CLXXVI The Hadarma were originally nomads in Hadramaut and migrated to the mainland in the time of el Haggag ibn Yusef of the tribe of Thakif and dwelt on the well-known island of Suakin on the shore of the Red Sea on the mainland of the Sudan.

CLXXVI I The Gabarta are originally Arabs. CLXXVI 1 1 The Mesallamia (spelt with sa and double l) are the

family of Musallam son of Hegaz son of 'Atif of the tribe of Beni Om.mayya. He migrated from Syria in the time of 'Omar ibn 'Abd el 'Aziz, God bless him, and settled on the mainland of the Sudan.

CLXXIX The Rikabi'a are the descendants of Rikab son of Sheikh Ghulamulla^ son of el Sayyid 'Aid son of el Makbul son of Sheikh Ahmad, son of Sheikh 'Omar el Zila'i, who dwelt at el Halia, a village

^ reading >^\jiy^ for w>Ij^jl*c. 2 reading j-*^ for jjJJ.

^ reading aJJI jt*^ for aAJI ji*^5.