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sons, was appointed by the Government paramount sheikh of all the
Northern Shammar. Asi, who is now an old man, frequents the
Mosul region, while his cousins, the sons of Abdul Kerim, Abdul
Mehsin, and Mohammed, range on the Khabur. The sons of Faris
are said to be of not much account. Some of Ferhan's sons own
land on the Tigris.
Among the half-settled Arab tribes of upper Mesopotamia are the
following:
■leghatfeh (2,000 tents). Euphrates valley, between Anah and 'Irsi.
Al Bu Kemal (2,000 tents). Euphrates valley, from 'Irsi to
Meyyadln.
Al Bu Mueyt (1,500 houses) and A Bu (1,200 houses).
Euphrates valley round Meyyadln.
JBaqqarah (1,200 tents). In summer near Deir ez-Zor and Qal'at
en-Nejm; in winter about the Jebel 'Abdul despised tribe
of shweya ('herdsmen'), paying tribute to the Shammar,
Afadlch (2,000 tents). In the region of Belikh. A tribe
paying tribute to the Shammar.
'Assaf (800-800 tents). In the region of the Belikh. A
tribe paying tribute to the Shammar.
Khamis (2,000 tents). In summer at Membij NE. of Aleppo, in
winter at 'Ain el-Beidha west of Sheddadi.
Qeys (2,500 families, 400 nomad). Near the Belikh, and in the
Euphrates valley as far north as Jerablus. A fairly powerful tribe.
Weldeh (1,000 tents). In summer at Qal'at Jabir about 25 miles
below Meskeneh, in winter at Jubb Shair east of Seruj.
Tarfawi (2,000 tents). East of the Belikh.
Hadldiyin (1,500 tents). In summer between Nisibin and Urfeh,
in winter in the Jebel 'Abdul Aziz. Pay tribute to the Shammar.
'Achvan (900 tents). Near Veiranshehr. Fay tribute to Shammar.
Jebur. A numerous group. On the middle Tigris between Mosul
and Samarra. There are also JebQr in the neighbourhood of the
Khabur and Kas el-'Ain. They pay tribute to the Shammar.
Tai (2,000 fighting men). Partly near Nisibin, partly east of the
Tigris about the Zabs. A powerful tribe.
'Uhcid. East of the Tigris between Tekrit and Kufri.
In the country between Baghdad and Samarra and between
Baghdad and Kufri or Khanikin there are a number of minor Arab
tribes, partly settled, partly nomadic. Of these may be mentioned
the Khazraj round Beled and Sumeikeh, the in the neighbour
hood of the Jebel Hamrln west of Kufri, and the Tamfm, who
are found both east and west of the Tigris. There is a section of