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persons. It consists of the native tribes of Fur^ 
of a deep black complexion, crisped woolly hair, 
and features different from those of the negroes ; 
Arabs of the tribes of Mahmid, Mahrea, Beni 
Fesara, Beni Gerar, &c. some of whom have set- 
tled in the country, while others wander on the 
frontiers, and are very numerous ; and a number 
of emigrants from the neighbouring states, parti- 
cularly Dongola, Muhas, Sennaar, and Kordofan. 
Besides these, Darfur comprehends the inhabi- 
tants of various subordinate districts, that are 
sometimes dependant on Darfur, and sometimes 
on the surrounding nations : as Dar Rugna, 
which is generally subject to Bergoo ; Dar Berti, 
Bego, or Dageou, between Darfur and Bergoo, 
the power of which formerly predominated over 
the Furian tribes ; and Zeghawa, formerly an in- 
dependent kingdom, that was accustomed to raise 
a thousand cavalry in war, the inhabitants of which 
are different in their features from the negroes* 
The Zeghawese use a different dialect from the 
Furian tribes. Zeghawa lies in N. lat. 15 1^, 
Kordofan, a considerable district on the east of 
Darfur, lies between that kingdom and Sennaar^ 
and seems to be sometimes independent, and, at 
other times, subject to the most powerful of its 
neighbours. Frequent hostilities have produced 
an inveterate animosity between the natives of 
Kordofan and Darfur. The Kordofanese vene- 
