46 THE NATIVE MANUSCRIPTS iv.ba.lxvi.

may be the individual and 'Amira be the equivalent of Beni 'Amir, i.e. the tribe; or the text may simply be corrupt. The author's son could not help me here.

In para, .\ciii a different descent is given for the Lahawiyyun. For "Ruwah's the Ru\v.4hia..., etc.," MS. 3 gives "Dwayh's the Dwayha; and Gimayl's the Gi.maylab, a tribe called Awlad Gimayl between el Hind..., etc." (as text).

Lxvii AB (original) gives "And the MubAdiria" (ajjjL<,JU); the copy of it made for the author's son gives "And the Badiria" (AjjiU!*); BA (MS. 2) gives "And the Um Badia'^ (aj^U ^*^)h)\ BA (MS. i) gives "And the LambAdia" {h:>^-> Jt>^}-^^$)', BA (MS. 3) gives an ingenious emendation, viz. "And the mother was one of the nomads" (o-* >^*^i Aj^Ui, wa el um min el badia). The correct version is no doubt "and the Umbadiria": cp. D i, xc, and CaiUiaud, in, 127, where we get ". . .des Arabes Qenanehs, Choukryehs [Shukria], Oumbadryehs, Bouadrehs, Ka- ouahlehs, habitent les contrees voisines de ces rivieres" [the Rahad. Dinder and Atbara]. The name Umbadiria occurs again among the sections of Gilaydat (Dar Hamid) of Kordofan {q.v.).

LXViii MS. I gives ^AjXj by mistake for ^jJbjSi).

LXix MS. 3 gives "Kelli" (|^=») for "Kelb" (w-A^) here and in

para. Lxxxviii, but later "Kelb."

LXX "Ful" are the Fellata (see Johnston, Hist. Coloniz...., p. 12).

MS. 3 gives "Marsis" for "Marhis." Lxxi The author of AB (para. CLii) says that he does not know who were Rafa'i's descendants.

For "Zanfal" AB and MS. 3 of BA give "Zankal": the former is correct as the tribe is "Zenafla."

All three MSS. of BA in this paragraph and the next give "Basharik" instead of " Shabarik," but only MS. 3 gives "Basharka" for "Shabarka" in para. Lxxii, and the latter is certainly the correct name of the tribe.

L.xxii To this group of sub-tribes which, in AB, is prefaced by " It is said that of the seed of Muhammad were..., etc.," the "Hagahab" are added by AB. This is an error for HagagAb.

After " the Kawasma and " MS. 3 inserts " of Hamid " though " Hamid " had not been mentioned. Probably Hamid ought to be added in para. Lxxi

to the sons of Rafa'i.

LXXIII Cp. D I, XCVIII.

L.xxiv MS. 3 om.its Fuak and '(3n here but mentions them some ten paragraphs later.

Lx.xv, Lxxvi For "Darish" MS. 3 gives "Darash," for "KuAki'r" "KuKiR," and for " FowAkhidhi'a" " FowAkhidha."

LX.xvii For "Durrak" MS. 3 gives (throughout) "Doka." Lxxviii "Hamar" and "Hamran" are presumably meant to represent the ancestors of the tribes so named.

-^^S. 3 gives the descendants of Dasham (q.v. paras. Lxxxiv, Lxxxv) here instead of later, and spells several of the names differently.

Lxxix MS. 3 gives " 'Amur".' " 'Amud" here and in lxxxl