74 THE NATIVE MANUSCRIPTS IV. ab. cxxxiv.

CXXXIV-CXXXV {These t-vco paragraphs are together identical with BA, XLix, "with the exceptions noted in BA.)

CXXXVI {As BA, LI, with the exceptions there noted.) CXXXVII Now there are [also] seven tribes apart from these seven,

viz. Bag, Bagig, Khashba, Khabra, Haratha, Ghibra and 'Athir. These are of non-Arab ['agani] ancestors, blacks and whites.

CXXXVIII-CXXXIX This account is the true one, but in some of the genealogies it is said that the original Arabs are Himyar and Tai .... {Continues as BA, l, with only the exceptions there noted.)

CXL Now as for the tribes of the Arabs descended from Guhayna, taken separately by themselves, according to some genealogies the sons of Dhubian were ten, viz.. . . {Continues as BA, lix, with some variations for which see the trees.)

CXLI-CLIX {These nineteen paragraphs give the various personal and tribal descendants of Dhubian, and correspond in outline to paras. LX et

seq. of BA, though the latter adds very many details as will be seen by reference to the trees, where all points of difference and additions and omissions can be seen, except such as are specifically mentioned in the notes to BA. There is nothing in these paragraphs beyond what is shown in the tree and in the notes to BA.)

CLX Now Dhubian, whom we mentioned above, was the son of

Guhayna son of. . . {etc., as in the tree, as far as 'Adndn).

CLXI This is the end of [the account] which I have accepted, according to w^hat I found in the records dealing with the tribes of the Arabs, but I cannot vouch for its correctness.

CLXII-CLXV Now as regards Ga'al in general the true account is that which I have found given in some of the records, viz. as follows :

. . . {Paras. CLXiii to clxv are here omitted as being identical with paras, cxxx to cxxxii of BA, q.v.)

CLXVI Now the man who collected all the tribes of Ga'al together was Kerdam son of Abu el Di's, and whosoever is not enrolled among his descendants is not a Ga'ali.

CI.XVII His abode was in the land of el Hegaz and the fertile lands, and it is related chat his father Abu el Dis had two sons, Kerdam

and Tergam ; but of Tergam's descendants I know nothing. CLXVIII As regards Kerdam it is said that his name was the Sultan

Hasan Kerdam son of Abu el Di's, and that he had ten sons; but those that are known and whose descendants are verified and recorded

in the genealogies are three only, viz. Dula and Tomam and Serrar.

CLXIX Dula was ancestor of Fur and the Sakarang, and Tomam of the TOiMAM.

CLXX Serrar was ancestor of all [the Ga'aliyyun], and had three