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render annual tribute to the Wahhabi Amir at the rate of one sheep or goat in every 50
and one dollar in cash on every 5 camels ; the total value of their present annual contri
bution has not been ascertained.
The Harb are subject to Ibn Rashid (1912), One section, living towards Mecca, are
Shi'ahs but their names have not been properly ascertained.— { Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer j
Leachman)*
According to Doughty the sections of the Harb are as follows :—
Bani Salim:—
El-Mo'ara,
Weled Selim.
Bani Tamim, (not the Najd nation.)
Es-Sa'adin,
El-Huazim and El-Hejella
Eth-Thoahirra,
Mozayna.
El-Henneytat»
El-Jemella,
El-Jerajera.
El-'Ubbeda,
El-Juabcrra.
Bani 'Aly (Shaikh- al- Furn).
El-Ferudda.
El-Jahm,
Ahl Hajjur.
Bani Hasscyn. (These last are all
Ashraf),
El-Hamda.
Es-Sobh,
El* Mot al'ah.
Mohamid.
Rahala.
Bani 'Amr.
El-Guad.
El-Wuffian.
Es-Serraha»
Masruh:—
Sa'adk
Lahabba (all Hajj-way robbers),
Ez-Z^beyd,
Bishr,
El-Humran.
Sehely.
Bani Ass'm,
Bani ^Amr (of the Ferr'a, not those of
Bani Salim),
Doughty's system of transliteration has been retained throughout these lists which r
it will be observed, differ considerably from those given by the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer-
Burton gives two fendies, named Sumaydah and Mahamid, of the Hamidah, which,
latter he calls the principal family of the Bani Harb Bedouins.
Another authority describes the Harb as follows :—
The Harb are Ahl es-Shimal. They are a powerful and warlike tribe of the Hejay
and of Nejd occupying, the coast of the Red Sea from Yambo to Kunfida, the mountain
country between Medina and Namas (a Turkish post on the southern border of the
Hejaz) and the desert to the north-east up to Jebel Abanat. Inland, their country
extends just across the Wady Rumma. On the south they push down to the Shai'b
el-Asibiyat and the Harrat Kishb, the vicinity of the caravan road from Boreida to
Mekka, if the Ateiba are in their southern pastures ; but this country is really dira of
of the latter.
In the days of the Emir Mohammed of Hail, the eastern Harb paid tribute to the
Rashid ; but they are now independent. The clans in the Hejaz come under the in
fluence of the Sherif, though they pay him tribute only when it suits them. They are
responsible for the safety of the southernmost section of the Hejaz Railway, but their
counexion with the pilgrim traffic is chiefly of a less respectable kind ; for they rob,
caravans on the Mekka road, kill and plunder stragglers, and extort money at every
opportunity. Their Auf and Lehaba clans are noted highwaymen, much dreaded by
the pilgrimage. The Harb of the Hejaz (Beni Salim and Masruh) are mostly cultivators,
fishermen, and carriers. The Beni Salim are also camel-breeders, and so are the Nejd
clans of the Beni Amr ; but none of the Harb are specially rich in camel herds.
They are divided into three big sub-tribes. The Beni Salim live in the Hejaz, though
there is a small branch of the M^zeinat in the south-east parts of Sinai. The Subh,
one of their sub-tribes, are almost entirely nomad and have a reputation for bravery
and valour. The other sub-tribes are half settled, half pastoral, with the exception of
the Kuwwad, a tribe of menials, camel-drivers, and negroes, divided between the Beni
Salim and the Masruh. The chief Sheikhs of the Subh are Khalil el-Ahmad, who is 25
years old, and Sherif Ibn Nami, a man of 60.
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