Note 172 — Chapter XIX · BACK THROUGH NUBIA.

“The peasants of Tafah relate that they are the descendants of the few Christian inhabitants of the city who embraced the Mohammadan faith when the country was conquered by the followers of the prophet; the greater part of the brethren having either fled or been put to death on the event taking place. They are still called Oulad el Nusara, or the Christian progeny.”—“Travels in Nubia:” Burckhardt. London, 1819, p. 121.