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sons, Samra and Samayra and Mismar. So I will complete what I have to say of the descendants of each of these three in turn, if it please God.

CLXXI-CCIX {These paragraphs give the descendants of Samra and Samayra and Mismar: the names of all the individuals and the sub- tribes here said to be descended from them will be found in the tree. Any remarks made in passing by the author and not noted in the tree, will be found in the notes to BA, q.v. paras. CXL to clxi.)

CCX The above are the descendants of Serrar son of Kerdam, the

ancestor of all [the Ga'aliyyun]. CCXI Some accounts give Bedayr as one of his sons, but this is incorrect: his sons were three, Samra and Samayra and Mismar, and I have given their descendants, all of whom are included in [the

term] Ga'al, both the Dufar and the others.

CCXII As regards the tribes of Ga'al el Dufar taken separately, their lineage is as follows: their ancestor, from whom they are all

variously descended, was Salah son of Musa el Kebi'r son of Muham-

mad son of Salah son of Muhammad son of Dahmash son of Bedayr

son of Samra son of Serrar, the general ancestor; and anyone un-

connected with him [Serrar] is not a Ga'ali Dufari. CCXI II The sons of Salah son of Musa, known as Masu el Kebi'r, were seven: [among them] were Nasrulla, the ancestor of. . .{see tree)

. . . and Nasir, ancestor of the . . . {see tree) ....

CCXIV All of these are included in the term Dufar, being descended from the seven sons of Salah.

CCXV The descendants of Muhammad were Abukr and the

Terayfi'a.

CCXVI-CCXVII {Gives the sons and grandsons of el Malik Musa el Sughayr and the tribes descended from them, q.v. in the tree.)

CCXVIII 'Aid was the brother of Musa el Sughayr, the two of them being the sons of Hammad^.

CCXIX 'Aid was ancestor of the 'Aidab, [who are included] among the Ga'al el Dufar.

CCXX This is all I have discovered about the various lines of descent; but I could ascertain nothing definite about [all] the seven sons of Salah and their respective descendants. This suffices.

CCXXI Now you know, from what I have said before, that all whose

descent is now traced to el Sayyid el 'Abbas are only the progeny of

el Sayyid el Fadl son of el Sayyid 'Abdulla son of el Sayyid el 'Abbas.

CCXXII-CCXXIII {Concerning the sons of el 'Abbas, as in paras, xxi and xxii.)

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