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cxxxvi Cp. AB, CLxvi. MS. 3 omits the parenthesis, but adds that

[Kerdam] lived "in the land of el Hegaz and el Ariaf."

cxxxvii Cp. AB, CLXVii. Tergam's descendants are presumably the TerAgma, a subsection of Ga'alun that occur, e.g., at H. el Rekayb on the Blue Nile near el Kamli'n, "Teragma" also occurs on the maps as the name of a village in Berber province.

MS. 3 omits " but I do not know of his having any descendants." The Tergam Arabs of Darfur and Wadai {q.v. Part III, Ch 3 (i)) may also

conceivably have some connection with " Tergam " the brother of Kerdam. cxxxviii Cp. AB, cLxviii ; A 2, xix and An, xlv.

In this and the next paragraph MSS. 2 and 3 give "Tomam" for ♦'Tamim."

It appears from the mention of Kufa that the generations previous to Kerdam lived west of the Syrian desert near Meshed Ali on the Euphrates, and that Kerdam or his sons migrated to the Sudan.

cxxxix Cp. AB, CLXix and A 11, xi ef seq.

The singular of Sakarang is pronounced " Sakirnyawi." CXL This and the following paragraphs, to and including CLXi, are similar to paras. CLXXi to ccix of AB: points of dissimilarity will be seen from the trees and from the following notes.

AB remarks (cLXXi) that some accounts give only Bedayr and Abu

Shayh as sons of Samra. In A i "Abu Shaykh" is three times given in error for Abu Shayh. MS. 3 writes "Bedr" and "Bedria" for "Bedayr" and "Bedayri'a."

CXLI According to AB, Terayfi is sometimes called "Turuk, ancestor of the Terayfi'a": he is so called in A 11, xii: refer also to AB, ccxv.

CXLii This is omitted by MS. 3, which by error attributes Mismar's descendants to Samayra.

cxLiii A I gives "Subuh wa Abu Merkha" by error for " Subuh Abu Merkha," a slip which also occurs in A 4, iv. Cp. note to para. CLiv.

CXLiv AB says that some MSS. substitute Fahid for Hammad, but that Fahid was really son of Hammad.

CXLV Of Makit AB says that he was also called " 'Abd el Ghi'th," A i gives "Makbat" by error.

cxLvi AB for Fadliyyun gives Fadiliyyun (and so also MS. 3), and adds that Fadl is said also to have been ancestor of the Beni Fadl.

A I by a slip leaves out the words "of Makit." There is a village of Mekabda a few miles north of Old Dongola.

CXLVII A I by error gives " Hammad " instead of " Selma." cxLViii Cp. A 2, XXXIV. MS. 3 gives "Gabarab of Dongola," and after "of Arko" adds "with the Khanak and the Island of Nawi (?)."

CXLIX AB notes that Fahid is sometimes incorrectly called Fuhayd: he

is so called in A 11. MS. 3 omits him and makes Guma'a, etc., sons of Hammad.

CL A I by a sHp omits the words "of Guma'a" and leaves a blank in place of "and the Hammada."

MS. 3 gives "the Hamar and the Ahamda" as sons of Hamid.