334 THE RIKABfA III.7.11.

as tax-collectors and minor officials. The headman of the DoAlib at el Haraza was also recognized as holding an overlordship over the northern hills, and members of his family to the present day hold analogous positions at el Haraza and as far west as the Kaga hills.

Ill Other RiKABiA have wandered to other parts of the Sudan: the people of Wad 'Ishayb, the 'Ishaybab, on the Blue Nile near el Kamlin, for instance, claim descent from a Rikabi feki who settled there about the beginning of the seventeenth century ; but the main body remains in Dongola, and, owing to its alleged nobility of descent and the numerous holy men it has produced, is regarded with considerable respect. The mere Dongolawi who wishes to represent himself as of good birth normally chooses to call himself a Rikabi.

A biography of 'AH wad 'Ishayb is given in D 3 No. 60. There is a small nomadic group of 'Ishaybdb in Damer district (Berber Province), but they are said to be a branch of the Um 'ar'ar.

See D 3 Tree No. i and references therein.