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descended from] el Sayyid 'Abdulla ibn el 'Abbas, and I have found that he had more than three sons, and they include 'Ali and el Facll and 'Obaydulla.

XXIII From 'Ali son of 'Abdulla are descended the 'Ababsa, and from el Fadl son of 'Abdulla the Ga'aliyyun, and from 'Obaydulla son of 'Abdulla the Hilaliyyun. And their children's children have become scattered in the lands of the East and the West.

XXIV All the sub-tribes of the Beni el 'Abbas who are now in the Sudan are descended from el Fadl son of 'Abdulla son of el 'Abbas, whether they be Ga'al el Dufar or not; and this, please God, I will explain in the fifth chapter^ when enumerating the tribes of the Ga'aliyyun, that is of Ga'al el Dufar.

{The author continues his discourse concerning the immediate

descendants of el 'Abbas for 3! pages, and then continues as follows, i.e. para, xxv, etc.)

XXV Appendix giving the steps whereby our pedigree is traced to

el Sayyid el 'Abbas, God bless him, and our connection with the Prophet, upon whom be the blessings of God, in that Hdshim ibn 'Abd Mendf is our common ancestor, and our lineage as far back as Adndn.

XXVI Since it has been shown from what I have said how honour

has accrued to us from our connection with the Prophet, upon whom be the blessings of God, and since it has been taught therein that people are to be beheved as to their pedigrees, I say praise be to God that I have preserved my pedigree [as handed down] by my ancestors to me and by their ancestors to them.

XXVII And [the truth of] it has been confirmed by such persons as I have found who are advanced in years and are men of weight and reliabiUty, and by questioning them I have verified it, and to what they have told me I have added all the true pedigrees which have come into my hands and been preserved by me, and I have made certain of the truth [of the whole] by enquiries from the learned genealogists.

XXVIII Here then is the course of our pedigree to our ancestor the feki Bishara el Gharbawi, whereby those of his seed now existing trace their descent, and [an exposition of] the connection with him

of any tribes of Ga'al el DufAr now existing, and of his connection with Serrar ibn Kerdam, the ancestor of all the famous tribes of

Ga'al, and with our lord el 'Abbas, the uncle of the Prophet, upon whom be the blessings of God, and with his ancestor Hashim ibn

'Abd Menaf, and again with the latter 's forefather 'Adnan.

XXIX Indeed I have preserved my pedigree beyond 'Adnan to

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