I] CAMEL BRANDS 3 



practically all the very numerous KAWAHLA (DAR II AMID) 



camels, and of the MEGAN* N (A. FADALA) : the latter however 



call it SAMI'. 

 The DAMI', whether behind or under the eye, is one of the 



commonest brands in use in every tribe. 

 DEBAYBA (Ar. 4**^, from ^^u^ = a snake). 



A line like the track of a snake, thus s-^*, used by the HAMAR 



('ASAKIR B. BADR) on the right cheek. 



DHIFRA (Ar. Sy5; pi. DHIFARI, ^Ui = bone at the back of the 



ear). 



Fig. 21. (Cf. 'AMUD.) Used chiefly by ZAvAofA, on the right. 

 Fig. 22. Used chiefly by KABAsfsH (RuwAnLA DAR GIMI'A 

 [2 strokes] and some GHILAYAN [i stroke]), and by KA- 

 WAHLA (BEDARifN [2 strokes]), and by B. GERAR (GueARAT 

 [2 strokes]), and by SHENABLA (UM 'ABDULLA [2 strokes]). 

 A DHIFRA is sometimes called KHABIRI. 



DHIRA'A (Ar. clji ; pi. DHIRA'AT, oU;3 = upper foreleg). Cf. Ku' 



and SowAR. 



Fig. 23. Two parallel DHIRA'AT mark all the camels of the 

 " nazir " and his family (NuRAs). The KABAsfsn 

 and subsections) nearly all use one, two, or three 

 DHIRA'AT. They are sometimes called FARAT (sing. FARA). 

 Fig. 24. The DHIRA'A MASHUK is used by a few KABAsfsH 

 (HowARAs). 



DILA'A (Ar. stJU; pi. DULU', c^JU-a rib). 



Fig. 25. Used chiefly by KAWAHLA (BEKAYRAB) on the left, and 

 occasionally by some HAMAR (GiHAYsAT) and KABABISH 

 ('AwAfDA NAs MAKBUL) and KAWAHLA (UM 'AMAR). 



DOMA (Ar. 4x>j3 = sweat-glands at the back of the neck). 

 Fig. 26. Seldom used, and only as a private brand. 



DUKKA (Ar. aS* ; pi. DUKKAT, Ol3> =a knock). 



The word as used means only a spot or blob : one or two of these 

 spots may be found either on the cheek or the quarter or the 

 neck, the brand being a common one. Many of the KABAB/SH 

 (SERAGAB) use it in conjunction with the HADD. The best 

 known DUKKA is that accompanied by a TufiA'A and placed 

 by the GUHAYNA (non-Kordofan) on the left of the neck, as 

 in Fig. 27 : it will be seen that this DUKKA is more than a 



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