A history of the Arabs in the Sudan and some account of the people who preceded them and of the tribes inhabiting Dárûr

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in Yemen, and was son of Mahmud son of Hashim son of Mukhtar

son of 'Ali son of Serag son of Muhammad son of Abu el Kasim son of el Imam Zamil son of el Sayyid Musa el Kazim son of el Sayyid

Ga'afir el Sadik son of el Sayyid Muhammad el Bakir son of el Sayyid Zayn el 'Abdin son of the most noble el Sayyid el Husayn son of the Commander of the Faithful the Imam 'Ali son of Abu Talib, God bless him and honour him.

CLXXX [Now not only] the branches and subdivisions of the RiKABiA [but also] the persons who have become fused with them by intermarriage belong to them, for he upon whom be the blessings of

God said "the son of a daughter of the tribe belongs to the tribe

itself."

CLXXXI Now Sheikh Ghulamulla^ had two sons, Rikab and Rubat.

Rikab had five sons and one daughter, 'Abdulla and 'Abd el Nebi and Habib and 'Agib, all four sons by the same mother, and Zayd by another mother.

CLXXXII The sons of 'Abdulla were Hagag and Hag. The descen-

dants of Hag are the Doalib.

CLXXXIII The son of Hagag was Sheikh 'Ali Abu Kurun, whose sons were Ak-hal and Farka, and their descendants are among the

Kawahla el Duniab, and some of them are in the Tekali hills.

CLXXXIV The sons of 'Abd el Nebi were Mashir and Shakar. CLXXXV The descendants of Mashir are the Sadikab, the stock of

Sheikh 'Abd el Sadik, and the Samayrab, th€ sons of Muhammad

son of Mashir, and some branches [who are] with the Shukri'a. CLXXXVI The Hadahid and the Kelba and the Genana^ are said to be GuHAYNA by origin, but they became fused in race with Mashir by intermarriage.

CLXXXVII The son of Shakar was Hasan, and his descendants are in Dongola.

CLXXXVIII The descendants of Habib are at the village of el Sababi on the Blue Nile.

CLXXXIX The descendants of 'Agib are the Halimab, the sons of Sheikh Hammad Abu Halima.

CXC The sons of Zayd were 'Abd el Rahi'm and 'Abd el Rahman. The descendants of 'Abd el Rahim are the Tumayrab, and the

'Akazab^, the sons of his son el Hag Magid.

CXCI The descendants of 'Abd el Rahman are the Shabwab* and the Bahgab.

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* reading vli^ ^^^ v'j^- ^ reading v'^^-* ^^^ v'/^-

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