76 NATIVE MANUSCRIPTS OF THE SUDAN iv. ab. ccxxiv.

CCXXIV 'Abdulla had a son el Fadl, who was father of Sa'ad the father of Ibrahim el Ga'ah. Ibrahim htgot. . .{and so on down to

Serrdr, as in para. xliv).

CCXXV-CCXXVI {A mere repetition o/para. XXIII.) CCXXVII I will now give the pedigree, as I have done in the other cases, and I will do so in the course of showing my own ancestry,

beginning with my maternal grandfather el Hag Muhammad ibn Bishara, and [showing] how he was descended from el Sayyid el

'Abbas and connected with the Prophet ... by a common ancestry from Hashim son of 'Abd Menaf, and I will even go further, back to 'Adnan. Since I have shown you my true and trustworthy lineage

on my father's side, I will similarly give the pedigree of my mother's father : it is as follows :

CCXXVIII I am el Sayyid Ahmad son of el Sheikh Isma'il el Wali, and my mother was Zaynab, daughter of el Hag Muhammad son

of. . .{as in the tree, as far back as 'Adndn). CCXXIX This is the record I have kept as ordained by the law, and

in the work I have throughout showed the pedigrees, whether through male or female, with intent that the whole should be known, as re-

quired by the law. CCXXX Certain points had been obscure to me, and this fact originally actuated me to write this work ; and I have prayed God to give me assistance, for He is Almighty, and I offer to Him praise from first to last; and prayer and homage be to Muhammad, the foremost of the prophets by his pre-eminence, and [blessings be] upon all his followers. May God forgive my past sins and my future sins, my known sins and my unknown sins, and give me blessing in this world and in the world of eternity, and keep me from all future

ill. And may God grant His mercy to all the prophets and apostles; and praise be to God the Lord of the worlds.

CCXXXI This work was finally completed on the noon of Wednesday

the nth of Rabi'a el Thani in the year 1270^ after the Hegira or

Flight of the last of the prophets, upon whom be the blessing of God. . .{the Te Deum of para, ccxxx is again repeated).

1 1853 A.D.