Hussein khalifah was now the governor of Berber.
"Ismailia"
Samuel W. Baker
Hussein khalifah, the Arab desert sheik, was governor of Berber, and various important changes had been made among the higher authorities throughout the Soudan, which proved that the Khedive was determined upon reform.
"Ismailia"
Samuel W. Baker
Of the Khalifiyah, or descendants of Abbas, there is, I am told, but one household, the Bayt Al-khalifah, who act as Imams in the Harim, and have charge of Hamzah's tomb.
"Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah"
Sir Richard Francis Burton