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AHDAL, House of.
The ruling house of Seyyids in the district between Beit el-
Faqih, and Zeidiyah ; its influence reaches to Idrlsi's tribes and over
most of the Yemen Tihamah. Guardians of the shrine of 'Ali ibn
'Omar el-Ahdal, a saint who died at Marwah some 400 years ago. It
is visited by Arabs from all the Tihamah. The House is reputed pro-
Arab and anti-Turk ; but Ottoman subsidies and a firman of Sultan
'Abd el-Majid, exempting it from taxation, tend to keep it on terms
with the occupying Power. The following are the chief Seyyids of
the House :
'ABD EL-BAR I IBN AHMED (q.v.) of Marwah.
MOHAMMED 'ABD ER-RAHMAN of Hashabiri, Mufti
and local Sheikh el-Islam; M.P.
HASAN EL-HI J AM of Quti'.
AHMED EL-AHDAL of Dhahi.
MOHAMMED IBN YAHYA EL-AHDAL of Munlrah.
IBRAHIM EL-MAOBUL of Doreihimi.
'ALI IBN QASlM of Hadadiyah.
IBN HIKMI of 'Awajah.
'ALI EL-AHDAL of Muqfa' and 'Ubal.
AHMED YAHYA BAHR of Mansuriyah.
AHMED BEY KHOBAMI, Seyyid Miralai.
M.P., and Colonel in the Ottoman Army. Educated at Con
stantinople, and, having lived most of his life in Turkey, is very
pro-Turk ; but he is unfriendly to the Imam. He now lives at
Khobami, being the principal member of its House of Seyyids.
Another influential member is Seyyid Ahmed Khobami, merchant
in San'a.
AHMED ED-DAHYANI, Seyyid.
Formerly of Dahlan, west of Sa'dah ; a staunch partisan of
Idrisi, having quarrelled with the Imam eight years ago. He has
lived ever since with the Beni Juma'ah.
AHMED IBN HUSEIN, S herif.
One of the chief Sheikhs of the Dhu Husein of Jauf. A firm
supporter of the Imam, who fought for him in 1911 against the Turks.
AHMED JAHIZ, Seyyid.
Of Huth, of the Jahiz house. A noted warrior who left the
Imam for Idrisi and for Nasir ibn Mabkhut, of whom he is a great
friend. He has the Dhu Mohammed section of the Hashid solidly
behind him.
AHMED NA'MAN, S heikh.
Sheikh of the Shujeifi district near Ta'izz, made Kaimmakam
of Hajariyah by the Turks. Keeps a Zeidist levy of 500 men, and