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32.— Ammar, Al.
A large Zeidi tribe descended from the Beni Temim,
owning land round Sa'dah, and leading a nomadic life in
the mountains to the east. In the south they go down the
AVadi ' Amashiyah to the country of the Hashid, with whom
they are on good terms. They are excellent fighters and
firm adherents of the Imam, whose representative at Sa'dah
is Mohammed Abu Nuweibah. The Al ? Ammar are allied
with the Sahar and generally at feud with the Al Damaj.
Their chief Sheikhs are Seyyid 'Abdullah el-Ma ? an 5 Hadi
Abu Shihah, and 'Aidh Ibn f Ali.
Settled. Chief clans ; Beni Merj (Sheikh Hasan Ku-
melli) ; Beni Surur (Sheikh Salih 'Atif) ; EPAbadallah
(Sheikh 'Abdullah el-'Abdalli) • r> ™ ;
'Ali 'Abdan).
Nomads. —Chief clan ; Beni Ruham.
and Beni ? Abdan (Sheikh
33.—Damaj, Al.
A small tribe to the east of the Al Ammar {q.v) with
whom they are generally at feud. Little is known of them,
sa\e that they are Zeidis and come under the Imam. Their
chief Sheikh is Sa'ad Ibn Sa'ad ; the chief Seyyids in their
country are Seyyid f Ali ed-Damaji and Seyyid Husein
Merza/a.
Chief clans are Al Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. (Sheikh 'Abdullah). Al 'Utuf, and
Al Awadah (Sheikh Qahtan Damaji).
Hashid wa Bekil.
ft is not clearly established whether the Hashid wa Bekil
are a of the same descent and therefore one tribe, or whether
t ey are a confederation of two tribes of differing origin.
Availabfe evidence seems to show that the Hashid trace
their descent back to Himyar, and the Bekil to Qahtan;
but whatever may be the truth of this, there is no doubt