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FAMILY OF SHEIKH OMER. 
Fatema. 
Mabruka. 
Hamsa. 
Alia ; to her belongs Hamisah, a village. 
Halima. 
Zainubo ; to her belongs Furferrai. 
Mussaud. 
Fadula. 
Rabia. 
Sinnana. 
Mubarka. 
Rihana. 
These are all he recollects among the number. 
A copious royal family ! 
Daughters of the Sheikh. 
Rukaia (married), about twenty years of age ; to 
her belongs Balungu. 
Fatima, a young girl. 
No doubt there are others. It is curious to 
compare this knot of near relations with the scanty 
families among the Tuaricks. The fertility of the 
human race seems to be as that of the soil on which 
its several tribes are located. Deserts may produce 
conquerors, but the fat lands produce subjects. 
I may now add a further list, obtained at the same 
time as the above. 
The great vizier (or prime minister) is Haj 
Beshir ; but there are other viziers of more or less 
power: — Shadeli ; Ibrahim Wadai ; Rufai (cousin 
