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III. 5. VI. THE KAWAHLA GROUP 327

/LababIs

I HamaydAnia

- 'Amria

Keramia ^Gebalia

f Bedariin. Chiefly in Kordofan and on the White Nile. \Shara'ana. Sedentary, in the Gezira.

j 'Ababda^

[BlSHARIIN^

'Atawia. Now a section of the Kababi'sh. Yezidab, or Yezidi'a, or Beni Yezi'd. A very small section. I once met a small encampment of them near 'Aydag living under the wing of the Mesallamia of Um Dubban. NiFAYDiA. Chiefly in Berber Province. Some are sedentary in the

Gezira.

/FtJAIDA^

Shadaida Ghazaya Su'udia 'Kjvwamla /Walia*

GelALIA

i BAkia

Khalafia vMutArfa /SalAtna^^

I MuhammadAb

i KurayshAb

NowArAb^ ^RimaytAb

Beni Sa'id Muhammad lA. On both sides of the White Nile; a section rich in

cattle and sheep. AhAmda

VI Some separate account must be given of two of the above

divisions^, namely, the AhAmda and the Hasania.

^ See above. ^ Cp. the case of the 'Ababda.

^ The names Fuaida and Salatna occur, together with the Geraba'a (for which

cp. BA xcvn), as names of subtribes in the peninsula of Sinai: that of the first- named also among the semi-nomadic tribes of Arabs north of Aswan mentioned by Sir C. Wilson.

* See D 3, 2 note.

* Or "Nurab."

^ In the trees attached to C i will be found also the names of several smaller Kawahla sections.

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