The ancient island of Marnat (Abdullab) Douma

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The Al-Sharif Al-Hindi family belongs to the house of the Messenger of God (PBUH). Their history in Sudan begins with Sharif Muhammad ibn Mustafa ibn Yaqoub, known as Muhammad al-Hindi - born in 913 AH.. 1507 AD - (this title came to him from the fact that his nurse in Makkah was of Indian origin). He is the sixth grandfather of Sharif Yusuf al-Hindi, founder of the Indian Order. Sharif in his modern form.
Sharif Muhammad al-Hindi is the first to enter Sudan from the grandfathers of the house, and his sons Ali, Hassan and Adam came with him; From the Hijaz side, in the second half of the tenth century AH (about 970 AH), during the days of the Funj Dynasty - according to a narration by Dr. O'Fahey - He first settled on Marnat Island in Shendi Markaz, north of Aqaba, in villages in Sudan.