IV. AB. xLvi. OF THE SUDAN 67

XXXIX As regards Serrar, the ancestor of all [the Ga'aliyyun], some say that he was son of Kerdam son of Buda'a son of Harkan son of Masruk son of Ahmad el Yemani son of el Ga'al son of Idri's son of Kays son of Yemen son of el Khazrag son of 'Adi son of

Kusas son of Kerab son of Hatil son of Yatil son of Dhu el Kila'a

el Himyari son of Himyar son of Sa'ad son of el Fadl son of 'Abdulla son of el 'Abbas, but I have not found this true.

XL Others say that Serrar was son of Kerdam son of Abu el Di's son of Buda'a son of Hasi'n son of Ahmad el Hegazi son of Ibrahim el Yemani Ga'al el Aswad son of el Fadl son of 'Abdulla son of

el 'Abbas, and this too is given for what it is worth.

XLI Others say that Serrar was son of Kerdam son of Abu el Di's son of Buda'a son of Masruk.

XLII Also it is said that Hasin was son of Ahmad son of Harkan,

or again that his name was 'Abdulla son of 'Abd el Muttalib son of Hashim. But this account also is feeble.

XLIII The correct account which I have found in the highest authorities and most generally supported and which I have adopted in my version is as follows :

XLIV I say — and God is our help — that I am el Sa\-\'id Ahmad son of el Sheikh Isma'il el Wali son of 'Abdulla son of Isma'il son of 'Abd el Rahim Baba son of el Hag Hammad son of the feki Bishara el Gharbawi son of the feki 'Ali son of Bursi son of Muhammad son of Kabsh son of Hunayn son of el Malik Nasir son of Salah son of Musa, surnamed Masu el Kebir, son of Muhammad son of Salah son of Muhammad son of Dahmash son of Bedayr son of Samra son

of Serrar, the ancestor of all [the Ga'aliyyun], son of Kerdam son of Abu el Dis son of Buda'a son of Harkan son of Masruk son of Ahmad el Hegazi son of Muhammad el Yemeni son of Ibrahim

el Ga'ali, who was ancestor of Ga'al the famous, son of Sa'ad son

of el Fadl son of 'Abdulla son of el 'Abbas, the uncle of the Prophet, upon whom be the highest blessings of God and salutation, son of

'Abd el Muttalib son of Hashim son of 'Abd Menaf son of Kusai son of Kelab son of Murra son of Ka'ab son of Luai son of Ghalib son of Fihr son of Malik son of el Nudr son of Kenana son of Khuzayma son of Mudraka son of el Yds son of Mudr son of Xizar son of

Ma'ad son of 'Adnan.

XLV Here ends the true pedigree which I have preserved and there-

by observed the law. XLVI I have also put it into verse as an aid to memory to the student in order that he mav thereby be enabled to gratify his object to the full.