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zbo THE GUHAYNA GROUP III. 2. XXII.

most nomadic sections of Dar Hamid. Both have numerous villages, west and east of the Ferahna respectively, but neither own any of

the "Khayidn."

The subdivisions of the Hababin are as follows

:

'Nas el Sheikh^

AwLAD Anis

„ 'AWANA

„ Saki'ran

,, Zaghawa

S „ Nakur Um Sa'adun Abu 'Amar AwLAD Wasik El Kiran AwlAd Bilal

fAwLAD Hamid

,, Selman El Fas Nas Hamir Fellata AwlAD MiLAYT NUGHtJRA Kakko AwLAD Muhammad

Dair

Those of the Meramra are as follows

:

A. Samnia

2.

3-

4-

5

B.

C.

Mesabih Dar el Ba'ag

Nas Hadhlul

„ Ma'Afa2

„ Nusar2 Sellam AWLAD HaTIM

6. NAs BiHAYL

7. Gezay'i

8. Abu Tinaytim

[9. dowashna

I. Turku

Ghubshan Nas Abu 'Ali Kurumusia^

XXIII The Nawahia have between thirty and forty villages north

of Bara and others farther east near Um Dam : they also own one or two of the " Khayrdn." Their subdivisions are as follows:

A. AwLAD Muhammad ( i . AwlAd 'Agayl

2. RushdAna

. AwlAd Sa'ad

, KanAfid

1^5. AwlAd Keraym

^ The distinctive brand of this the ruling section is a "Ga'aba Khashm el Kelb" ("dog's mouth on the buttock"), i.e. > to the left of the tail (MacMichael,

ibid.).

^ Both names occur again in almost identical form among the Nawahia.

^ Nachtigal gives the Kurumusfa as a separate division of the Fezara, together with the Zayadfa and various Dar Hamid tribes (see Helmolt, p. 585). Other Kurumusia are with the Zayadia at the present day.

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