CONTENTS Part IV THE NATIVE MANUSCRIPTS OF THE SUDAN Explanatory Note Introduction List of Manuscripts Translated : Note. "A" denotes Ga'alitn pedigrees, "B" Guhayna pedigrees, "C" various other pedigrees and "D" more general historical treatises. Fuller details than those given below will be found in each case in the form of introductory notes to the translations.

BA Full pedigree of Ga'aliin and Guhayna, and general information re other tribes ......

AB Ditto. By Ahmad ibn Isma'il el Azhari .... ABC Pedigrees of Ga'aliin, Guhayna, Mahass and others, and some biographical details. By Sadikel Hadra .

A I Pedigree of Muhammad 'Ali Kenan, a Ga'ali . A 2 Pedigree of Muhammad Ishak Muhammad Sheddad, and general information about tribes ....

A 3 Genealogical extracts concerning Ga'aliin etc. A 4 Ditto A 5 Ga'ah pedigree of el Hadi el Hag Ahmad A 6 ,, „ of Zubayr Pasha Rahma A 7 „ „ including the Meks of Tekali . A8 „ „ of 'Abd el Kadir 'Abdulla A 9 „ „ of Muhammad el Nur Ketayna A 10 „ „ of Sheikh el Taib Ahmad Hashim, Mufti of the Sudan .......

A II Full pedigree of the Ga'aliIn, and in particular the Ba tahi'n, and information about other tribes B I Full pedigree of Guhayna, and in particular of the GELfLAB ........

B 2 Extract from a Guhani pedigree concerning the Dar Hamid B 3 Fragment from a Guhani pedigree C I Two full Kawahla pedigrees ....

C 2 Pedigree of Idri's Muhammad, a Kenani C 3 Pedigree of Hamid Muhammad Gabr el Dar, a Musaba'awi PAGE vii i6 6i 8i lOI 103 III "5 117 118 119 121 124 126 127 139 145 147 148 153 154