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268 THE GUHAYNA GROUP III. 2. XXXI.

The divisions of the tribe in Kordofan are as follows

:

A. Um Hammad^

I . MuKRAYM (Um Keraym)

[a) Akariba

Nas Farag Um 'Egayli

[d) Harbia

Dar el Khadim

'/) AwLAD Um Gima'a

,, Khayara

„ 'Ataalla

„ Um Hamda

Sururi'a RiSHAYDAT

k)

B. Um el Hatasha

1. KhawAbir^

(a) Um Felah

{h) GUAYL

(c) AwlAd RishdAt

{d) HiDAYBA

{e) Khawabir el Humr

(/) Genabla

2. 'Alayka

{a) Abu Kusayer

etc.

XXXII The Ma'Akla. The Ma'akla, a smaller and far more seden-

tary tribe, are counted by the Ma'alia as subject to them; but the two tribes are racially distinct, and in Kordofan the Ma'akla are now independent. Even in Darfur, where their numbers are almost

negligible, they are attempting to become so.

The Ma'akla in Kordofan are subdivided as follows

:

rSAMA'lN

'AbAdIa AmAmir

Sheala Um SelmAn BilAl NAs LAziM

\ AwlAd Hasabulla

DAr WAlid^ Sherak^ RibaydAt^ Na'asna^ Kelaba^ KenAkil-

[AwlAd Harayz*

f Dowra

Tarum NAs SellAm AwlAd DAhir

ShilaymAt BishAria 'AiAl Shanbul

i BishAra

KagAbil AwlAd Gima'a

„ Abu Hammad Um ZayAda

'Abd el Habib 'Alowna [^Gharayr

Each of the above sections is theoretically classed as either SamA'in or BishAria and there is an " 'omda" of the Sama'in group and an "'omda'' of the BiSHARfA. But the "'omda'' of each group

has many subjects from among the other and no exact dividing line

can be drawn.

^ The Ma'alia would include among these the Ma'akla, who are not really Ma'alia at all.

2 There are none of these in Kordofan. At the end of the " Ttirkia" they were one of the most powerful tribes in Darfur (see Slatin, passim).

^ Closely connected. * In Darfur.

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