'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎162v] (329/1278)

Shaikh is at Kut-al-’Amareh where he has a fort aod a house. The number
of settled Bavleh is about 1,500 as against 18,000 who are nomads. They
muster about 2,710 fighting men, of whom 920 are mounted on horses
and 800 are armed with rifles, but in practice they can only put about 2,000
men in the field. With their allies, they pay 6,000 ttimans mdlldt to the
Shaikh of Muhammareh.
They claim descent from the Arab hero Muhalhal, and consider their
ancestry superior to that of the Ka’b.
Section.
Habitat.
Fighting strength.
Remarks.
’Amur . .
Araibieh,
Bu’airish,
Chai Sudan
and Tawl-
leh.
400 men with 160 rifles
and 100 mounted.
200 camels, 100 cattle, 6,000
goats.
Atui (Al Bu) .
Shakheh,
E6b-al-Hisan,
andUmm-at-
Tarfeh.
500 men with rifles—
50 are mounted.
200 donkeys, 300 cattle, 10,000-
sheep.
Balid (Al Bu)
Eob-al-Hisan
and Umm-at-
Tarfeh.
100, with 50 rifles and
20 mounted.
100 camels, 200 cattle, 10,000
sheep, not all belonging to*
them.
Khalid (Bari).
Cham-as-Sabi
150, all mounted and
armed.
300 camels, 400 cattle,. 10,000'
sheep.
Khaz’al (Bait)
Chinaibeh
60, all mounted, and 20
have rifles.
40 camels, 1,000 sheep and 60
maies.
Lijharat
Kut-al-’Ama-
reh.
52, with 20 rifles and
20 mounted.
500 sheep.
•
Nawasir
See remarks
1,000, of whom 100 are
mounted and 170
have rifles.
They are divided into sub
sections :
(1) Nawasir ('30 rifles) at
Ghazzawiye.
(2) ’Awaudeh (30 rifles) at
Qamish.
(3) Barumi. (20 rifles) at
Karaid.
(4) Hlaichiyeh at Jarbeh.
(5) Husain (30 rifles) at
Ghazzawiyeh.
(6) Musabbi (20 rifles) at
Muran.
Rahameh (Bait;
Khudairiyat
and Imbar-
ald.
200, of whom 100 are
mounted and 50 aim
ed with rifles.
400 cattle, 5,000 sheep.
Sunhair (Bait)
Shakheh and
Banneh.
200, of whom 100 are
mounted and have
rifles.
Also called Al Bu Rashdi.
100 camels, 200 cattle, 4,000
sheep.
Zahra (Al) .
Kut-al-’Amai-
reh.
150, all mounted, with
60 rifles.
400 camels, a few cattle,
15,000 sheep and 200 mares.
There is also a section called Simairat, who are scattered among the other
sections and number about 60 fighting men .—(Foreign Department Gazetteer,
1904—Persian Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)