III. 3. VII. THE GUHAYNA GROUP 277

Their two main divisions are the Um Tarif and the AwlAd Mahbub^.

(b) AWLAD HAMAYD

VII The Av^LAD Hamayd round Tekali claim to be descended

through el Gunayd, the usual Bakkara ancestor, from Babikr walad

el 'Abbas, a Ga'ali immigrant to Kordofan. The pedigree they pro- duce in support of this claim is as follows^

:

'Abbas

I Babikr

I Ahmad

I El Gunayd

I Hammad

Hamayd Habban Hamid (AWLAD HAMAYD (Habbania) (Ahamda) r Gadayf

I 'AU

I 'Abdulla

I Hilal

I

J . J . Baivui Buiaia

El 'Ayyan

i \ \ \ I 'Askar Ahmad 'Abdulla Ghonaym Muhammad

El 'Ay}^an, they say, was the first "ndzir" of the tribe and he seems to have lived about the time of the Turkish conquest, i.e. 1821. His eighth successor, Dedan, was "ndzir" at the time of the Dervish

revolt (1881).

The generations as given previous to el Gunayd are presumably

based on pure invention and the desire for relationship with Kuraysh,

and those immediately following him are little better.

But "Baivui" and "Buiaia" are not names that any Arab would

invent: they have a strong Nuba ring and are probably authentic^. The name of el Gunayd and the close connection of the Awlad Hamayd with the Habbania are reminiscences of the usual Bakkara

^ Anglo-Eg. Sudan i, 130. Of their history I know nothing. Petherick records an expedition sent in 1858 from Kordofan against them by the Turks on account of their non-payment of tribute. Several thousands of cattle were taken (Upper Egypt..., pp.299, 320).

- Supplied to me by Capt. M. J. Wheatley, in 191 3 Inspector of Tekali district.

' The name Buiaia occurs again as that of el 'Ayyan's great-grandson.