was a descendant of al-Abbas, an uncle of Muhammad. The Ja'alin trace their lineage to Abbas, uncle of Muhammad. According to the Royal Anthropological...

members of their tribe, Abdallahi ibn Muhammad, later known as the Khalifa, became an early follower of Muhammad Ahmad, who would later become the Sudanese...

Arab named Shaig, a descendant of Abbas (an uncle of the Islamic prophet Muhammad) who came from the Arabian Peninsula in the 7th century following the Arab...

the Rufaa people, the Shukria clan and the Kababish; the Banu Fazara or Fezara people who live in Northern Kordofan; the Kawahla, who inhabit eastern Sudan...