'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1012] (49/688)

1012
KATHIR
Section.
" Khaltaq "
[i.e., miscel
laneous de
pendents).
Do.
SuL -S3ct :on.
Dhabbeh
Maliur
Do.
Sa'abireli
Location.
Left bank of
the Diz
above and
close to
Kut 'Abdush
{Shah..
Husainlyeh, as
above-
Fighting
strength.
With the
Dailam sub
section above
150, all with
rifles but
none mount
ed.
100, all with
rifles, of
whom 60
are mounted.
Remarks.
100, all with
rifles but
none mount
ed.
They are said to own
200 buffaloes, 40O
cattle and 3,000
sheep and goats.
They are attached to
the Dailam sub-sec
tion above.
These are really a divi
sion of the Sarkhah
(Bani Lam), but at
present they hold
land under Shaikh
Haidar of the Kathir,
pay revenue through
him, and are attached
to the .Bait Karlm.
At times they have
lived under the pro
tection of Haidar'a
rival, Farhan Asad.
They own 100 camels,
100 cattle and 4,000
sheep and goats.
The Sa'abireh are at
tached to the Dailam
section above. They
are stated to possess
100 buffaloes, 200
cattle and 3,000
sheep and goats.
Besides the above, or perhaps included in them, are said to be a section called A1 Bu
Nassi who live at Hiddeh or Haddameh on the Diz and have 300 rifles.
The whole tribe may be estimated at 7,000 souls, of whom perhaps not more than-
1,000 have a fixed residence.
The senior member of the Ma'alleh section formerly commanded the obedience of the
whole tribe ; but at the present time two rival Shaikhs divide the Kathir between them.
Shaikh Farhan Asad is followed by the Bait Karlm sub-section and part of the Dailam
sub-section and has his headquarters at Dih Nau"; the village of Qal'eh Banut also belongs
to his party and, outside of the Kathir, the Miyanab Arabs of 'Abdun Nabi on the
Gargar, the A1 Bu Hamdan and Mahamid sections of the Bait Sa'ad, the Bait Sa'ad of
Saiyid H isan on the Gargar, and indeed the Bait Sa'ad generally, are his adherents.
The remainder and great majority of the Kathir upon the upper Diz, obey Shaikh Haidar,.
to whom the village of Qal'eh 'Abdush Shah belongs. Both chiefs are recognised by the
Persian Government, and the control of the country and tribesmen and the collection of
revenue is left entirely in their hands ; the total annual revenue demanded from the two
is said to be 4,725 Tumans, for the greater part of which Shaikh Haidar is responsible.
Shaikh Farhan Asad cultivates the friendship of the Shaikh of Muhammareh and his
sister is married to Karlm Khan, Faili Lur of 'Amleh Karlm Khan ; while Shaikh Haidar,
whose daughter is married to a chief of the Sagwand Lurs and who has himself a Sagwand
wife, is inclined to rely for support in difficulties on the Sagwands and indirectly on the