"دليل الجزيرة العربية المجلد II" [‎١‎٢‎٤‎٤] (٦٨٨/٢٩٣)

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1244 MUBARRAZ
side, between it and Hazam. Un ler Turkish rule the garrison was a quarter of a bat
talion of regular infantry in Qasr Sahud and 25 mounted and 10 unmounted Dhabitiyahs
in the town.
Quarters, gates and buildings.—The town consists of 5 FarTqs or quarters, which are as
follows:—
Karae.
Position.
Houses
and
inhabitants.
Remarks.
'Ayuni (Far'q-al)
'Itban (Farlq-al) ..
Embraces the cen
tral and south
western portions of
the town.
Occupies the middle
of the northern face
of the town.
700 houses mostly of
non -Bedouin Sumi
Arabs. The chief
family in this quar
ter are the Bin
'Afaliq.
400 houses, mostly
of Sh 'ahs ; but
there are still a few
also of the settled
'Ataibah from
whom the quarter
is said to take its
name.
The residence former
ly occupied by the
Turkish Mudlr is
in this quarter,
so also are the
market place or
Suq and the Qais-
r riyah; the latter is
a small collection
of permanently oc
cupied shops in the
market place.
Muqabil (FarTq-al)
Situated in the
north-east comer,
having 'Itban to
the west and Sha'
abah to the south
of it.
70 houses, mostly of
Sunnis.
Sha'abah (Farlq-ash]
Forms the south-east
ern end of the town
and has Muqabil
and 'Itban to the
north-west and
'Avuni to the west
of it.
200 houses, chiefly
of Shi'ahs.
The leading man in
this quarter is at
Hasan- bin- Bishr.
Siyasib (Far7q-as)
Is on the north-west
side and is met by
'Itban on the east
and by 'Ayuni on
the south.
300 houses, the ma
jority of Sunnis.
Shaikh ' Abdullah-
bin-Sa'dun, a resi-
sident of this
quarter, is headman
of the whole town
and descended from
its ancient rulers.
He traces his origin
to the Bani Khalid.