III. 1. xxxviir. THE GA'ALlfN AND DANAGLA GROUP 233 But Cailliaud's list is as follows: Sadab Dabbous Soleyman el-Addar ... Edrys, fils de Soleyman Abd el-Salam El-Fahl Mak, fils d'Abd el-Salam Edrys II, fils d'Abd el-Salam, frere de Mak Dyab, son frere Kanbalaouy, fils d'Abd el-Salam Becharah, fils d'Abd el-Salam Soleyman, fils de Salem Saad, frere de Soleyman Edrys III, fils de Fahl Saad II Mak, fils d'Edrys Me9aad, fils de Saad Mak Mohammed el-Mak ...

Nimir ou Nemr, fils de Mohammed Annees de regne 20 ans 7 M 35 10 IS 6 12 3 7 15 2 20 40 13 13 17 235 „ JFut tue par les \ Foungis a Sennar „ jTue par les Arabes \ Dja'leyns „ [Tue par les Arabes I Kaouahlehs sur [ I'Atbarah „ jTua son frere Fahl \ Mak TTue par les Arabes < Kaouahlehs sur [ I'Atbarah , , fTue par les Foungis \ de Sennar ,, TDepossede par Is-< mayl pacha, en mai 1821 It is at least clear that from the end of the sixteenth till the end of the second decade of the nineteenth century the Sa'adab were, nominally at least, the ruling section, and that among them the chieftainship was latterly held by the Awlad Nimr. One of these latter, Muhammad wad Nimr, it seems, relying on aid from Sennar, rebelled against the legitimate line of sheikhs as represented by Musa'ad ibn Sa'ad and was betrayed; but his son Nimr succeeded better and in 1 80 1 seized the sheikhship, established himself at Shendi and relegated Musa'ad to an inferior position as sheikh of Metemma.

Both the Awlad Nimr and the other Sa'adab they dispossessed probably based their claims on their connection with the 'Abdullab ; for, on the one hand, Nimr's mother was an 'Abdullabia—and his The spelling is preserved as given: see Cailliaud, iii, io6. He obtained his information from a certain /ej, 'Omar el Kassir, verbally (see Cailliaud, n, 318).

See note to D 7, cxliv, for details. Cailliaud in 1821 speaks of Metemma as " Chef-lieu de la province d'el Mecaa'd."