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Al-Hurma, from Qudsh, its origin is Nubian in the language of Taqla. Badqi, its origin is Sumu, which is what stabilizes after cutting. Al-Marouq, local fertilizer extracted from the earth, its Nubian origin is Maro. Al-Karkafa, a disease that affects the hindquarters at the beginning of the drooping, and is treated with sumac and strong water, and the word's origin is Kuri. And among them is an example from the people of Al-Mahamad: (If a disease affects the cattle), meaning when this disease affects the cattle, it is better to slow down agriculture, as it is from its encouragement, as it works in its irrigation... And among the annoying things in agriculture that could not be determined: whether its origin is Arabic or Nubian. Al-Sabiba, which is a storehouse for storing grains, and the farmer is exactly like Al-Qasiba, but its situation is different. Al-Qasibiya is a storehouse that is difficult to move, while Al-Sabiba is built in a fixed place and the building is made of mud and has an opening at its bottom with a lid called Al-Kamalta, and the grains are put in from the top when its hole is complete. For example, it is sealed with gypsum afterwards. And the storehouse is taken from its lower opening.
B. The Saqiya, and land cultivation: Saqiya in language is a water channel, or its canal, then the word was borrowed and applied to the machine. The Saqiya entered Sudan from Egypt around the second century AD, and the independent Nubia was the first region to receive this machine. The word Saqiya is used by the Shafi'is and has two meanings: First: The Saqiya, the machine, and second: the land that the Saqiya irrigates, and the land of the Saqiya is divided into twelve parts, and the part is divided into fractions, and the fraction into Jihans, and the area of the Saqiya is equal, it may be a feddan or more. 75 Ibid., p. 286. 76 Muhammad Ibrahim Abu Salim (Professor), op. cit., p. 292. 77 Ibid., p. 293. - 88 -- 88 -