'Reports of administration for 1918 of divisions and districts of the occupied territories in Mesopotamia. Volume I' [‎113v] (231/470)

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The inhabitants have date gardens which are mulk, in the vicinity of these
various towns and live in dread of the surrounding tribes.
Finally the inhabitants of the desert town of Kubaisah, dependent on a few
springs and their lucrative trade with Arabia, claim to be made up of the following
tribes :—
Tribe. Shaikh.
( 1 ) Diriyah
(2) Albu Hamad and Bait Kamal
(3) Albu Haidar -
(4) Mathuthah
(5) Haji Tsa
( 6 ) Bait Farajullah
Faraj ‘Abdullah.
Muhammad al Ahmad al Shuwaikh.
’Abdul Razaq al Hajji Muhammad
(Sa‘id).
Kassar al Shawwaf.
Sa‘ud al Haji Najm.
Humaiyid al Khusaib.
They have no tribal characteristics and it is more in keeping when they claim
to be Bani Kubaisah. •
At the time of writing the northern boundary line runs from a point on the left
bank of the Euphrates, in the vicinity of Abu Kamal (T.C. 146 DD 35 c.) in an
E.N.E. direction, curving round to meet the boundary of the Samarra Division.
Then, running southwards, its eastern boundary marches first with the Samarra
and later with the Baghdad Divisions. Until the Saklawiyah Canal is reached at
Imam Ibrahim al ‘Ali (T.C. 99B. AE 35 D 8 / 8 ) the boundaries have not yet been
defined. From this point until the river is reached again, the boundary, starting
from Imam Ibrahim al ‘Ali, runs in direct line to Tak Tsa (T.C. 99 square AE 57A
9/9), and thence, following the ancient canal line southwards to a point (AE 77A 3/7),
turns eastwards about half a mile along the same old canal to junction with Bisaitin
(AE 87 a. 8/0). Thence south-eastwards along a pathway to masonry bridge
(T.C. 102B W 2 b 8 / 6 ), and onwards to Tak Muhawwish point 134 (W. 3c. 10/1),
Tah Muchari point 5 R. (W. 20 b 3/5), Tali Dubbiyah (W. 21 c. 7/1), besides the old
Decauville railway embankment, where it touches the Hillah Division boundary
for the first time.
Note. —Reference maps for Divisional boundaries :—T.C. 210—4 miles, 1 inch;
T.C. 99 B —2 miles, 1 inch; T.C. 102B—2 miles, 1 inch.
From Tal Dubbiyah the boundary running S.W. along the railway embankment
to Kushuk'(W. 28 D 8 / 8 ) turns westward along the faintly-marked channel running
into the old Radhwaniyah Canal at (W 28 A 4/1), and continuing westwards along
the Canal to a point south of Imam Hamzah (W 28 c 8/2), joins the river at
(W 28 c 7/1).
Grossing to the right bank where the high ground approaches the river (T.C. 102 B
W 41 6 / 0 ) it proceeds, no longer defined in a W.S.W. direction, to approximately
Rahiliyah (inclusive), where, turning N.W., it leaves the Hillah Division and, bounded
only by the desert, strikes the river again in the vicinity of Abu Kamal.
Fqr administrative purposes the Division is split into the districts of—
‘Anah,
Hit,
Ramadi, and
Fallujah.
Kubaisah is under an Arab Government Agent responsible to the headquarters
of the Division at Ramadi.
The ‘Anah district extends from the northern limits of the Division to the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Mu‘aliyah (T.C. 146A. DD 36 a.c.).
On its northern confines are the ‘Aqaidat, whose Shaikh Mushin ibn Muhammad
Dundun lives at Abu Kama!. This tribe is on friendly terms with their nearest
neighbours down-stream, the Albu Mahal, cultivators in the neighbourhood of
Al Qaim (T.C. 210 c. A 47).
Note. —Reference maps :—T.C. 210—4 miles = 1 inch; T.C. 146A^—4 miles =
1 inch; T.G. 144—4 miles = 1 inch.
The last-named tribe, who are a subsection of the Albu Rudaini, are the chief
tribe in the Anah district. Their Shaikh, ‘Aftan ibn Sharqi, is now independent.
They are part cultivators, but also own very large flocks of sheep and a certain
number of camels.