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Gamu'ia, but it is said that as a matter of fact the Sheikh's father, el Bashi'r, was a Baza'i from Kordofan who married one of the Gamu'ia of the
SuRURAB section and settled permanently on the Nile.
Sheikh el Taib's full name was Ahmad el Taib ibn Bashir ibn Malik ibn el feki Muhammad ibn el feki Surur.
"£■/ Sammdni's" full name was Muhammad ibn 'Abd el Kerim, and he is alleged to have been a Kurashi. He was born in 1 130 a.h. (1718 a.d.)
at el Medina and was taught by Sheikh Muhammad ibn Sulayman el Kurdi. He was then instructed in the tenets of the Khalwatia tarika by el Sayyid Mustafa ibn Kamal el Din el Bekri and adopted it. Later he founded the Sammania farika himself. It was so called because he was by trade a
seller of samn (fat). He died in 1189 a.h. (1775 a.d.). Cp. also Burton, Pilgrimage..., i, 162.
ccxxxvii Cp. Budge (11, 213), who says 'Othman Bey succeeded in 1825. Muharram is the first month of the year and Safar the second.
The Gehadia were trained troops drawn by the Turks from subject
races. They were not irregulars as were the " Delatia " : see para. CCLXVII. For '' Mubdshir" see note to ccxiv.
ccxxxviii Budge (he. cit.) has mistranslated and misunderstood the Arabic.
Sheikh Shanbul walad Medani, or an ancestor of the same name, was
eponymous ancestor of the " Shenabla " of the Gezira. These are not to be confused with the quite distinct Shenabla nomads of Kordofan, but are connected with the Kawahla. Their ancestor is said to have come from Subia in Yemen. Arbagi was their headquarters. Medani the son of
Shanbul was killed in 1883 with Hicks Pasha.
CCXLiii Kubbat Khogali was the usual military camping place. It was healthy, and troops could easily be marched thence to Berber Province (cp. Werne, p. 17).
CCXLiv This Sheikh el Zayn was great-grandson of the el Nur walad Musa Abu Kussa whose biography is in D 3 (No. 217). He was a Ya'aku- babi and his full name was el Zayn walad el Sheikh Salim (see Jackson,
Yacubabi Tribe...).
El Ku'a (or el Ki'an) — meaning literally "a bend" or "elbow" (sc. of the river) — is a district on the Blue Nile south of Sennar.
CCXLV For " Bayrakia" some copies give " Baraykia". The literal meaning is probably "standard-bearers" (i.e. Barakddria).
CCXLIX Sheikh 'Abd el Kadir was the son of the Sheikh el Zayn of para. CCXLIV (cp. Jackson, Yacubabi Tribe..., p. 3).
Idris walad 'Adlan was met by Werne, who calls him (1840) "After Aburow \i.e. Abu Rof] the most powerful ruler in the peninsula" (p. 161).
Idris walad 'Adlan was a brother of the Muhammad walad 'Adlan who was murdered by Hasan Ragab (see Cailliaud, 11, 238).
CCL The Arabs meant are the Hammada, Sheikh Abu Gin's people. The Siru mentioned is the one near Sennar.
CCLII ''He fixed...," etc., is C)^jJd\ ^J>.e. J\^^^\ ixjj . A fedddn ^ 1-038 acres (5024 square yards).
ccLiii The date 1243 (for 1247) is given in the other MSB.