36 THE NATIVE MANUSCRIPTS iv. ba. ccxii.
Beni Nadir, Beni Haran, Beni Muhammad, Beni Huzayl\ Beni
Z.\BiB, Beni Kafid, Beni Khuzam, Beni Makhzum^, and Beni 'Adil, all of them Kuraysh ; and the above is on the authority of el Sheikh Muhammad el Hindi and el Sheikh Ahmad el Shami who wrote on
the authority of el Sheikh el Ag-huri who again wrote on the authority
of el Imam Ahmad ibn Idris, author of Kitdb el Ma'dref fi Asul el 'Arab ["the Book of what is known concerning the origins of the Arabs"].
CCXIII The 'Amriyyun (spelt with 'amr...) are the family of Sulayman son of 'Abd el MaHk son of Marwan the Ommawi. He migrated from Syria in the time of Abu Ga'afir 'Abdulla el Saffah, the first of the Beni el 'Abbas to hold the Khalifate, and settled in Abyssinia; and when Sulayman heard that the said Abu Ga'afir had set himself to seek out the Beni Ommayya after their dispersal into different countries and had finally overtaken Muhammad ibn el Walid ibn Hashim in the land of Andalusia and killed him, he fled
from Abyssinia to the Sudan [berr el Siiddn] and dwelt there and married the daughter of one of the kings of the Sudan and begot by her two sons, one named Daud and the other Ans. Then Sulayman died and the names of his sons became corrupted in the local dialect,
and Daud was called "Oudun," and Ans "Ounsa."
CCXIV The descendants of Ounsa are the Ounsab, and of Oudun the OuDiJNAB, and the power passed in succession from king to king until finally they became the kings of the Sudan renowned in history.
CCXV The Beni 'Amir are the family of 'Amir and settled in Abyssinia and were its chieftains ; and they are renowned for bravery and courage, and are a mighty tribe.
CCXVI Now the date of the commencement of the dynasty of the Fung in the kingdom of Sennar was the beginning of the year 910.
The first of them was the Sultan 'Omara Dunkas, whom they used
to call "King of the Sun and the Darkness" ["Malik el Shams wa
el Zull"], and he reigned forty-two years. The following were his successors in turn :
'Abd el Kadir reigned twelve years Nail ,, eleven ,, 'Omara abu Sakinin ,. eight Deki'n Sid el 'Ada ,, nineteen ,, Duda ,, nine „ Tanbul ,, four ,,
'Abd el Kadir ,, five ,, Ounsa ,, twelve ,,
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