296 THE GUHAYNA GROUP iii.s.xx (k) BENI HUSAYN XX The Beni Husayn are divided between Wadai and Darfiir. They are only a small tribe, and those in Darfur camp in the rainy season west-south-west of el Fasher between Gebel Kussa and Marra, and in the summer farther south. Until moved by 'Ali Dinar some ten years ago they were mostly north of Kulkul.

The sections in Darfur are : AwlAd Bellul „ MUSA ,, Bahr ,, Rashid ,, 'Ukal Haytan AWLAD SeLLAMA AwlAd 'Alayan ,, Salim El Noarna AWLAD ZlADA „ GURARA „ Mazin El Endaiyin „ Bakhit El 'Alamat (0 BASHIR XXI This small tribe of semi-nomadic Bakkara living immediately south of el Fasher belongs to the Haymad group. Its subdivisions are: AwLAD Sultan "\ Awlad Zayd ] El Asad „ Shaloli J „ HammadIa I There is a section of Kababish in northern Kordofan who are also called Bashir and are probably by origin a branch of the Darfur tribe.

(m) SALAmAT, beni RASHID AND ZIUD XXII Of the Salamat, Beni Rashid (or Rowashda) and Ziud little will be said since they do not inhabit Kordofan or Darfur except in negligible numbers, and are then incorporated in other tribes.

SalAmAt. The Salamat are one of the largest tribes in Africa and inhabit Bornu, the Chad district, Bakirmi and southern Wadai. They were also at one time fairly numerous in Darfur, but were dispersed and driven westwards. The western branch of the tribe is darker than the eastern and is included in the general term "Shoa."

All alike are Bakkara, though they also own a certain number of sheep.

Their two main divisions are the 'fsiA and the Awlad Musa, but Cp. the subdivisions of the Humr Felaita.

2 See Carbou, 11, pp. 56-71 ; Barth, in (Ch. 42), 136, 137, and in (Ch. 51), 454 and 465, etc.

* The former are chiefly in Bornu and Bakirmi, the latter in Wadai and the Chad district as well.