'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎150v] (305/1278)

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BAN—BAN
total number may be about 10,000. They own some 2,500 camels 1 400
horses and large numbers of donkeys, cattle and sheep. They also cultivate
wheat and barley, and when in Southern ’Arabistan they pay revenue to the
Shaikh of Muhammareh at the rate of 10 krdns per cultivated Fadddn as
well as one-fourth of the actual gross produce. Their divisions are the
Bani Malik, to whom belong the members of ruling family ; the Bani Nahad, *
Hamud ; Bani Sakain ; Ghizli; Ghazaiwi; Ghizzi; Baraji’eh ; Sulaiman *
’Ayaisheh ; Halaf ; ’Awainat; and Hamid.
The correspondence of some of these names with those of sections of the
Bani Saleh will be observed. The Bani T'amim are now all enrolled in the
A1 Bu Kasib section of the Muhaisin. The ’Awainat and ’Ayaisheh sections
have been so affiliated to the Muhaisin for some yesus.—( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.) f
BANI TURUF (Tribe)—
A large and powerful tribe in the Hawizeh district of Southern ’Arabistan
numbering some 20,000 souls and occupying the whole of the country
watered by the river Karkheh below Kut Nahr Hashim, including the
marshes. The seat of the ruling family who belong to the A1 Bu ’Azar is at
Khafaji’eh on the left bank of the main stream, several hours to the west of
Kut Nahr Hashim where there is a bazar of about 90 mud-built shops. The
Bani Turuf are Shi’ahs and live in huts made of mats, reeds and grass. They
subsist chiefly by agriculture, but are also stock-breeders ; rice is their staple
crop ; some wheat and barley also are cultivated by them, and they are
said to own 20,000 head of buffaloes and cattle but no sheep. They export
large quantities of rice and hides tb ’Amareh via Hawizeh and send qM by
direct caravan to Muhammareh and Basrah. Piece-goods, sugar coffee
etc, they obtain principally from ’Amareh ; but the tobacco comes from
bhushtar. The Bam Turuf fall into two main divisions, the Bait Sa’id and
the Bait Saiyah of which the sub-divisions are given below in tabular form.
, nn/f ** t l 1 6 Barii i Turuf can muster about 5,650 fighting men, with nearly
; but on l v some 50 men altogether belonging to the families of
the Shaikhs are mounted. McDouall (1905) says that they only muster
3 500 actually resident, but that with their kinsmen from Turkish territory
their numbers increase to 7,000.
Sub-divisions of the
Bait Sa’id.
Al Bu ’Adhar
Mazra’eh
Halaf
Maly ah
Ahl-ush-Shakheh
Pijaijat
Al Bu Hamdan
Sitatleh
Nais .
Ghawabish
Al Bu Hariz
Al Bu Hardan
Fighting
Sub-divisions of the
strength.
Bait Saiyah.
300
Al Bu ’Adhar
400
Al Mish’al
200
Farlsat
650
’Okal .
250
Al Bu Hail .
250
Al Bu’Afraj .
150
Ahl-un-Naqreb.
Al Bu ’All .
120
100
400
230
300
Fighting
strength.
200
400
250
300
350
200
300
250