248 THE GUHAYNA GROUP iii. 2. x.

author prefers to call a "Sayyid," descended on his father's side from the Imam 'Ali^, nine sons, namely Dayuma, Shenda^, Idris

Inkayr, Subba, 'Abuda, Adrakog, Shawar, 'Antar and 'Agi'b the

Mangilak. Of these, it is said, 'Agib was the youngest and the only

son of his mother, a daughter of Sherif Hammad Abu Denana^. The mother of the others, it is thought, was " a girl given to him ['Abdulla] by the king of the Fung at the time of the advance of the Arabs to conquer the Sudan."

From Idris Inkayr were descended the Inkerriab*, from 'Abuda

the KanGAB, from Shawar the Dukalab, and from Dayuma the

Kali'sab, the 'Araia, the Hamaydab, the Shawarab, the Hammadab,

the ZuRRUK, the Matayrikab, and the Shendiab^. From 'Agib,

says the manuscript, were descended the Misamir, the 'Agibab, the Shemamim, the 'Othamna, the Asidab, the 'Araybab and the Ham- MADAB, names obviously formed from those of famous historical 'Abdullah.

Appendix on the use of the term "Mangil"

XI The term is said to be of Hamag origin: its derivation is uncertain. The rank of Mangil carried with it the right to wear the " takia^" which was worn also by the Mehs of Sennar (see D 7 ccxi note). This '' takia^^ may be described as a close-fitting hat with two stuffed flaps or wings

resembling horns. Werne describes it (p. 159), and says the Mek of

Fazoghli, the Sheikh of the Beni 'Amir, the Sheikh of the 'Abdullab, and

the Mek of the Ga'alii'n were entitled to wear it. To these may be added

the Sheikh of the Hammada and the Sheikh of the Kamatir of Khashm

el Bahr district {q.v. above suh Rufa'a). The Ghodiat of Kordofan say

their chief in olden days also bore the title and are corroborated by others.

I have myself seen Mek Zaybak of Rashad, a Nuba hill south of Tekali much subject in the eighteenth century to Fung influences, wearing a " takia.^^ Jackson (p. 95) thus describes the investiture of an 'Abdullabi ''Mangil" : "The newly appointed Sheikh first received a 'Tagia,' which

consisted of two horns filled with cotton ; this he put upon his head before

taking his seat on the throne called

' Kukur

' ; he was then addressed with

the title of Mek, and saluted

:

' may your reign be prosperous

!

' The Sultan then kissed his hand, and, after wishing him success, ordered the state

^ The author allows that on the mother's side 'Abdulla was a Rufa'i, and pre- tends to think that genealogists have been led astray by this into thinking he was

a Rufa'i by race.

2 Hence, according to the author, the name of the town of Shendi. On the other hand, the Fur say "Shendi," or "Sendi," is a Fur word meaning the womb and that it was so named in Kungara days because all mankind went to or came from it.

^ Vide Index sub "Abu Denana."

* The name " Inkerriab" is more likely to be derived from I<^erri.

^ All these are small families scattered over the Sudan. The first five sections mentioned as descended from Dayuma were by a Rufa'fa mother, the next by a

Fungdwfa, the next by an 'Awadia (i.e. Ga'alfa).