'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. I. 1918' [‎101] (110/568)

INHABITANTS
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are the Mujarrah and Beni Khdiqan confederations. The
Iluniuid are a confederation north of Nasirlyeh and on the left (E.)
bank of the lower part of the Shatt el-Hai. " The occupy
the opposite bank.
Beni Hudiaim. Between Duraji anrf Samaweli. This large group
of settled tribes has lately lost much of its cohesion.
Khazail. On the Euphrates from Samaweh up to Kufeh. A large
tribe or tribal group ? described as 'strong and warlike but not
naturally pugnacious'; generally hostile to the Anazeh and Southern
Shammar. Some sections are nomadic, others semi-nomadic or
settled, cultivating rice, wheat, and barley. The sections in the
desert are horsemen and well mounted ; those in the Euphrates
marshes depend on their mashhufs (canoes), like other marsh Arabs.
Shiahs.
Beni Hasan. On the Euphrates in the kazas of Nejef, Shamlyeh,
and Hindiyeh. Partly settled, partly semi-nomadic. Shiahs.
Al Bit Fatlah. In the kaza of Hindiyeh, especially between
Tawairrj and Hilla, and near Tel Nimrud, and in the Shamiyeh
kaza about Ja'arah. Cultivators.
Jandhiyin. On the left bank of the Euphrates above Museyib.
Cultivation. Mostly Sunnis.
Zobeid. A large group between the Euphrates in the Museyib—
Hilla region and the Tigris above Bogheileh. Among the Zobeid
tribes are the Beni Ajll, the Al Bu Sultan, the Mu'amrah, the
Khafajah, the Juheish, and the Jebur. Semi-nomads, cultivating
wheat, barley, rice, and maize, and owning sheep, cattle, horses,
and camels. Shiahs, with some exceptions (e. g. the Beni Ajll).
The Zobeid are apparently generally hostile to the Northern Shammar
and friendly to the Dilaim.
Al Bu JKoJiammed, In the marshes along the Tigris between Azair
and Amara ; sections of them are found scattered elsewhere in lower
Irak. A socially inferior people of non-Arab origin. Eice-growers
and breeders of buffaloes. Well armed with rifles. Shiahs, with
some exceptions.
^ Beni Lam. On the left bank of the Tigris between Amara and
Ivut el-Amara; also in Arabistan. Semi-nomadic, rice-growers,
cattle-breeders ; their horses and camels are reckoned the best in
Mesopotamia. Good shots, especially from the saddle. Shiahs, with
some exceptions.
^ Beni JRabiaJi, Near Kut el-Amara and on the northern part of the
Shatt el-Hai. A turbulent tribe. Its fighting strength is estimated at
about 8,000 rifles. Important sections of the Beni Kabiah are the
Amarah (on the right bank of the Tigris below Bogheileh ; about 900