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YEMAMEH.
[CHAP. XXIV.
of sugar-cane, and fruits in a state of nature, with abundance
of good water, but the situation is rather low. 1
Adjoining the eastern-side is 'Aridh, or Nedjd-el-Aridh, the
Aaimie. mountain of Ebu Orf, and the town of Aaimi'e, which has a
iine market for grapes, peaches, dates, and sugar-cane ; around
it is Nedjd-el-Aridh (Proper), the most remarkable portion of
the chain of Aridh, already noticed, and bordering the exten
sive valley containing the capital. South-eastward is the dis-
District of trict of Yemameh, with a wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. of the same name, which is con
sidered as the garden of Arabia. The wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. is situated at the
south-eastern limits of the province, and it contains four
streams, viz., Judah,Hajar, Nahr Sheikh-el-Ghanun, and Nahr
Sheikh en Ne'am, which have their springs in the Jeb-el-Ram;
it has also many fountains, of which the most celebrated are
Ain Hadhra, Ai'n Hai't, and Ain Ram. 2 This district contains
many villages watered by kanats, and it is very productive in
wheat, the sugar-cane, and dates of peculiar sweetness, with
other fruits. The name of the district, as well as that of the
principal town, anciently Jaw, or Jauva, was derived from
the brilliant eyes of Yemameh, niece of Tasim, 3 a descendant
of Amelek-ben-Hascha. The Beni Jedis tribe also at one time
inhabited this part of the country, but a chief having exacted
a signorial claim on the occasion of a marriage, a war broke
out, in which one of the tribes was nearly exterminated. A
Destruction of noble named Rebah-ben-Mere, however, escaped to Yemen,
two tribes. , • t v
and, alter a time, returned with an army under Hasam-ben-
Tobai, king of the Himyarites. By the_ aid of this force he
surprised and destroyed the opposite tribe, and thus both
became extinct. The territory, as well as the borders of El
Hajar, once the seat of the Beni 'Aad, was subsequently occu
pied by the Beni Hanifa, and a part of the Modhar tribes
The Tasim are said, in ancient times, to have worshipped an
idol made of honey and butter, which they were accustomed
to eat when hungry. 4
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -el-Khardj forms the northern limits of the district,
1 Captain Sadleir, Bombay Literary Society, vol. Ill, p. 472.
2 Jihiin Numa, p. 528; and Arabic Geo. MS. 3 Ibid.
Abu-l-fedd, in M. De la Roque's Voyage in Arabia.