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CCIV The descendants of Musbah are the Awlad Hamayda at

el 'Adad, and some of them are with the Kababi'sh.

CCV The son of Muhammad '(3n son of Sehm was Gabir, whose sons were the four famous men, the learned Sheikh Ibrahim el Bulad

and the pious recluse el Sheikh 'Abd el Rahman and the learned

Sheikh Isma'i'l el Wali and Sheikh 'Abd el Rahim. These are the four sons of Gabir, and their stock is called the Gabirab and is well known.

CCVI The descendants of Hadhlul^ son of Selim son of Rubat son

of Sheikh Ghulamulla^ son of el Sayyid 'Aid, etc., are the Awlad MuSA walad Meri'n at Gebel el Haraza.

CCVII But the name Rikab appHes to three persons, namely, Rikab

son of Ka'ab, and Rikab son of Sultan son of Shati'r, of the seed of

'Abdulla el Guhani, and Rikab son of Sheikh GhulamuUa^ (son of

el Sayyid 'Aid son of el Makbul son of Sheikh Ahmad son of Sheikh

'Omar el Zila'i), who [Ghulamulla] was brought up at el Haifa, a village in Yemen, on an island called Nowaw^a.

CCVIII His father had proceeded from el Haifa and settled on one of the islands of the Red Sea called Sakia; and thence he migrated with his sons to Dongola and settled there because that place was

sunk in perplexity and error owing to the absence of men who could read and were learned. So when he settled there he built up the mosques and read the Kuran and taught knowledge direct to his

children and disciples, the sons of the Muslims.

CCIX Here ends this blessed genealogical tree that contains the pedigrees of all the Arabs.

CCX As he, upon whom be the blessing of God, said, "Him that wishes injury to Kuraysh may God injure"; and again "They ad-

vanced Kuraysh and did not surpass it"; and again "The Imams are from Kuraysh"; and again "Kuraysh was a light between the hands of God Almighty 2000 years before he created the children of Adam, God bless him; and that light glorifies God, and the Angels

take up the chorus and glorify Him also."

CCXI The Prophet, upon whom be the blessings of God, said "A succession of rulers drawn from Kuraysh gives security to the land :

Kuraysh has thrice been shewn glorious : and if any tribe of the Arabs

[seeks to] supplant Kuraysh they are partizans of Satan." This [tradition] is quoted by Abu Nu'aym in the "Hilya."

CCXI I The following is a list of the tribes that are offshoots of Kuraysh: Beni Shayba, Beni Helb, Beni Unais, Beni Yezid, Beni

Thakif, Beni Halaf, Beni Mu'awia, Beni Malik, Beni Khafif,

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