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 distinguishable from the Ga'aliin proper as well as from the other tribes held popularly and vaguely to belong to the same group as themselves, 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 iMuhammadAb 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.