It is known in agriculture as the phenomenon of absorption. They believe that the *taqnat* is a good indicator of the farmer's diligence and hard work. The poet Al-Shafi'i praised its leaders and sheikhs with a poem based on *taqnat*, saying: The *qasibiyya* of *taqnat* is shared in the market. I stood like a foolish man, it is *taqnat* with the *ghiniyya al-nuwwiyya* 66. The fort is made for damming the basin, and its capacity is when it is filled with water. The land in Al-Hamadab is similar to the *najaat*. And the yield of the harvest, and sometimes one feddan produces more than twenty *shawalat* of various types of grains. Among the reasons for the success of agriculture in Al-Hamadab is the nature of the farmer in the region. He is like the farmers in the Egyptian countryside; he does his work well and improves his performance. He also uses animal manure. Also, the nature of the flat land. And its slope helped in the abundance of the harvest and the great production. And the people of Al-Hamadab care for their agriculture, cultivate it, clean it, and supervise and care for it daily. The *saqiya* worked day and night. The farmer begins his day immediately after evaporation, then he drives the *ghashari*, which is the pride, from dawn until noon. When the farmer stops his bull, after a short period of stopping the bull, there is another period, the *shanahari* period, which is watering from noon until sunset. And from after Maghrib until near midnight comes the *gharbawli* period, and they take turns in this work, and the *saqiya* continues to work. As for their crops, they were corn, *qam'*, and *dhukhn* in the *saqiya* land, and *luwayya*, *shirs*, vegetables, watermelons, and *tara'* in the *juruuf* land. Then the cultivation of tomatoes entered after the establishment of the Karima factory. Then came the cultivation of onions, fava beans, and fennel at a later time. And clover is planted to feed the animals that are dependent on the agriculture of the people of Al-Hamadab, as the inhabitants rely on their meat and milk. 67 Ain Al-Sharif Qasim, Dictionary of Colloquial Dialect, op. cit., p. 93. - 90 - 91 As for the provisions, the land is divided among them by *qibiyya* and *kaswiya*. A feddan is 420 square meters. The dual government administration, when it registered lands in northern Sudan, adopted the unit of the *qan*. And the *qasibiyya* in provisions is used to measure the *jaruuf* land, which is five cubits. In central Sudan, the rope was used to measure all types of land 75. Usually, the owner of the *saqiya* is one person, and they do not share. So, one of them would farm with another person to bring the bull and operate the *saqiya*. And the *saqiya* land was not cultivated in its entirety. The *ha' al-saqiya* is counted, so that access to wide and extended areas is deducted. The land in the *saqiya* is also divided into *diyuq*, *laqabat*, and *miydiyan*. In the middle of the *diq*, there is a channel that irrigates two *junaynat* from Al-Hamadab to its left and right. This is the main channel or the recurring channel (male), and it belongs to all of them. As for the *taqaniyya*, it makes one channel that irrigates one side of the *hamiyad*. And the *saqiya* basin was very small, but after the entry of darkness, it expanded and its area became about 42 square meters. The basin contains *tafnat* (plural of *naft*), and some of them contain the *hakiyya* water, which are the sides of the Arab basins. And the *taqnat* is planted using what is known as (*taklif*). The *taqnat* is planted with *al-sinur* and is suitable for the season. The cultivation of *taqnat* is always successful, and they say in their proverbs: (*Al-taqnat rih al-hawd*). This means that *taqnat* is the wind of the basin's production. And they plant (*takaniyu shibr*) and the *takala* is in the middle of the *taqnat*, not too high so it gets thirsty, and not too low so it is flooded by water from the basin. And the *takata* drinks from the *linzu* what 78 it resembles, p. 181 The thickness of the land from the channel taken from the main channel in the *masafiya*. See Ain Al-Sharif Qasim, Dictionary of Colloquial Dialect, op. cit., p. 763.