IV. BA. ccxxix. OF THE SUDAN 59

from him it passed to Gabir, who was his cousin and junior to him by two generations.

By "his father Gabir" must be meant "his ancestor Gabir." "//e copied. . ." presumably refers to Ibrahim ibn el feki Muhammad. Cp. the note to D 3, 17,

ccxxv This paragraph and the following three and para, ccxxx are all

additions by the latest copyist, the 'Ebayd Muhammad mentioned. MS. 2 ends with para, ccxxiv and the verse quoted in ccxxix.

ccxxviii Cp. paras, cxxxiii and cxxxiv and notes thereon.

El Nur Bey 'Ankara was one of the Khalifa's best-known amirs. He survived the period of the Dervishes and still resides at Omdurman. It is very doubtful if he is entitled to claim the ancestry here given: he is said to have been half a black.

" Sab el Yal" may be an error for " Sab el Layl." "Matti" is the same name as the Biblical Amittai. ccxxix Cp. AB, XXX and A 2, xliii.