38 NATIVE MANUSCRIPTS OF THE SUDAN iv. ba. ccxxiv.

CCXXIV Here ends the blessed genealogical tree that unites the pedigrees of the Arabs all together; and God is our help.

CCXXV This manuscript was completed by the hand of its writer,

the fakir of God Almighty, el 'Ebayd Muhammad 'Abd el Rahman; and its owner is el Nur Bey, known as 'Ankara, son of Muhammad.

CCXXVI May God protect the writer and the owner and all faithful Muhammadans, both men and women, the living and the dead.

CCXXVII The writing of it was finally completed on the forenoon

of Tuesday the 24th of Rabi'a in the year 1325^ at Omdurman. End. Praise God.

CCXXVIII In the name of God the compassionate and merciful,

he upon whom be the blessings of God said "Ye know from your pedigrees how ye are related." El Nur el Malik [is] son of el Malik Muhammad son of el Malik Matti son of el Malik Ibrahim son of

el Malik Hasan son of el Malik Muhammad Khayr son of el Malik

'Omar son of el Malik Fadl son of el Malik Khidr son of el Malik Abu Sowar son of el Malik 'Abd el Manan son of el Malik Muham-

mad Furawi son of el Malik el Yds son of el Malik Ibrahim son of el Malik Khidr son of el Malik el Nusr son of el Malik Matti son of

el Malik Muhammad son of el Malik Musa son of el Malik Sab el Yal

son of el Malik Musa, king of the Dufar, son of Dahmash son of Muhammad el Bedayr son of Samra son of Serrar son of the Sultan Hasan Kerdam son of Abu el Dis son of Kuda'a son of Harkan son of Masruk son of Ahmad el Yemani son of Ibrahim Ga'al son of

Idris Son of Kays son of Yemen son of el Khazrag son of 'Adi son of Kusas son of Kerab son of Hatil son of Yatil son of Dhu el Kila'a

el Himyari-, who was descended on his mother's side from the tribe of Himyar^, son of Himyar son of Sa'ad el Ansari, who was descended on his mother's side from the Ansar, son of el Fadl son of 'Abdulla son of el 'Abbas son of 'Abd el Muttalib son of Hashim son of 'Abd Menaf son of Kusai son of Kelab son of Murra son of Luai son of

Ghalib son of Fihr son of Malik son of el Nudr* son of Kenana son

of Khuzayma son of Mudraka son of el Yas son of Mudr son of Nizar^ son of Ma'ad son of 'Adnan. End.

CCXXIX The poet says on this subject

"how many a father owes the nobility which he possesses to his son, even as 'Adnan owes his to the Prophet of God."

CCXXX Here ends [this work] with praise to God [for] the grace of his assistance.

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