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III. 3. XVI. THE GUHAYNA GROUP 291

XVI The main divisions of the Rizaykat are as follows

:

A. MAHRfAl fl.

B. Nawaiba

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fi.

C. MAHAMID

I

Um Dahia

I (a) Um Sellama

(b) AwLAD Muhemmil

(c) ,, Hasan

' (d) „ ZUAYD

{e) Radiania

'(/) 'ishayshat Um Ahmad

i{a) Nas 'ARUKr(i) AwlAd Kadum

I 1(2) Nas Gima'i

{b) Nas el Tom and Awlad Mu'wan

I (c) Awlad Ka'id

\ld) „ HenAN

\e) Baraka Awlad Sulayman

((a) Dar Hasan

(b) ,, KUBGA

(c) Awlad Um Azrak

(d) Dar Fadayla Dar Ballul Rahasa

(a) Dar Um Fezara Awlad Su'ud Awlad Shai'k

j{a) El 'Atayi

[{b) Awlad Tako Um Sayf el Din

f{a) Awlad Yasin

{b) „ Gifayli

(c) El Hanati'sh

(d) El Harami's

I (e) Awlad Um Layk

(/) El Shigayrat

(g) Asirra Awlad Zayt

(a) Awlad Birri

(b) ,, DiKAYL ^

(c) ,, Kermush y

Xd) „ JAKAR J

The name of each of the three main divisions is well known as

belonging to a large camel-owning tribe in northern Darfur and Wadai; but though the Mahamid, Mahria and Nawaiba of the

^ I know no evidence of connection between these and the well-known Him-

yaritic tribe of southern Arabia (for whom see D i, viil; Zwemer, p. 85, etc.), but such connection is quite possible none the less,

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