IV. BA. cxcviii. OF THE SUDAN 55

Abyssinian merchants" (Nubia, pp. 309, 310). Burton (Pilgrimage..., i,

177) says "Abyssinian Moslems are called by the Arabs 'Jabarti.'" Bruce (Vol. iii, Bk. in, pp. 43-45) speaks of them as a "tawny" folk, not black, with long hair, and thinks their name signifies "the faithful." They are, he says, "the princes and merchants of this country [Abyssinia], converted to the Mahometan faith soon after the death of Mahomet."

CLXxviii Cp. A 2, XXIX ; A 11, li and C 8, and contrast D i, clxv and D 2, XV.

'Omar ibn 'Abd el 'Aziz, of the Beni Ommayya, was born in 61 or 63 and died in loi a.h. He was Governor of Medina.

MS. 3 omits "son of 'Atif " and the last eight words of the paragraph. CLXxix Cp. BA, ccvii; A 2, xxvii; A 11, lii; D i, xcii and civ, etc.

From "Rikab" to "'AH ibn Serag" BA agrees practically with D i, but is less accurate for the earlier generations. Wiistenfeld (Y) gives the following (and cp. D i):

The Imam 'Ali I El Husayn

Zayn el 'Abdfn I Muhammad el Bakir

I Ga'afir el Sadik

I Musa el Kazim

I 'Ali el Rida

I Muhammad el Gawdd

For "el Haifa" MS. 3 gives "el Lahia" both here and in paras, ccvii and ccviii.

For Ghulamulla's date see Introduction to Part IV. CLXXX The Arabic of the quotation is

CLXXXi For this et seq. cp. D 3, 222.

MS. 3 reads " 'Abd el Ghani " for " 'Abd el Nebi." CLXXXii "Hag" or "Haga" instead of Hag is probably correct. CLXXXiii MS. 3 reads "whose sons were Ak-hal and a section (farka) of the Kawahla. . ., etc."

CLXXXVI Cp. D I, cix.

CLXXXViii MS. 3 omits "on the Blue Nile." cxc MS. 3 gives "Tumrab" for " Tumayrab." cxcii For "and Hadhlul. . . " (J^jjt, j) MS. 3 gives "and she was Lula

(*jy^A ^) daughter of Malik. ..."

cxcv MS. 3 omits "Muhammad." CXCVIII " . . .a family oi fakirs. . . , etc.": the Arabic is as follows:

jMS. I. d.y ^ USij j^^*A^ *J;i «>'^jl-

-| MS. 2. dh J li^ v^j-e*^ ^j'> ^"^j'-

IMS. 3. aJs J j^^is 4Ji»j3.