200 THE GA'ALlfN AND DANAGLA GROUP iii. i. iv.

mixture of Fung, Hamag, Nuba and Arab. All, however, regard

themselves as, in a certain sense, Ga'aliin.

But the name of Ga'aliin as used at present in common parlance

is more often limited to the large group which contains the Sa'adab,

Nifi'ab, Kitiab and other sections—the group alluded to in this

chapter as the Ga'aliin proper—and though its exact scope varies

the wider use of the term is uncommon and practically confined to

genealogical discussion.

V Let us then deal in order, firstly with the tribes which, though

claiming a Ga'aU origin, have for many generations been plainly dis-

tinguishable from the Ga'aliin proper as well as from the other tribes

held popularly and vaguely to belong to the same group as them-

selves, and secondly with the Ga'aliin proper.

From the manuscripts it would appear that the following are the

better known tribes and subtribes traditionally reckoned Ga'aliIn

in the widest sense of the term^

:

r Bedayri'a

I. i Shuwayhat

TerayfIa

RUBATAB \ 'AWADIA J Magidia, or MAfDiA KURTAN Hakimab ^ Gawabra f Gima'a I GawAma'a

I Manasra \

i Dubab I Mekabda-

Fadli'a Mansurab

Sand IDAb Gamu'ia ShAikIa FAdlAb MirafAb LSerayhAb

f GhodiAt

\ BatAhin

KitiAb MukAbirab ZaydAb Sha'adinAb MesallamAb GebelAb KAliAb 'OmarAb

J KabushAb

"^ KandilAb

HasabullAb GodalAb KarAkisa NAfa'Ab Nifi'Ab 'AliAb Sa'adAb

i^MuhammadAb

1 1

The

y y Ga'aliin proper

^ Many of the less known or more doubtful sections are omitted. Their names and some details concerning them can be found in the texts or genealogical trees of the MSS. of the "A" group; and, in many cases, in the account of the Ga'alifn

which follows. The brackets linking various tribes in the list here given denote a measure of connection according to the "nisbas."

^ See sub Ghodiat.