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BEIT EL-FAQIH, Seyyids of.
EL-AMlN BAHR, decorated and subsidized by the Turks.
HASAN 'ALAWI.
MUSA MOHAMMED.
'ABDU MOHAMMED.
HADI RIZK.
CAPROTTI, GIUSEPPE.
Italian merchant, survivor of two brothers in business in Yemen ;
long the only genuine European resident in San'a, and entertainer
and protector of several foreign visitors (e. g. Wavell 1910, and Bury
1912). He left San'a in November 1913, and has not returned.
Was created cavaliere for his geographical and archaeological services,
but deprived for writing a socialist article in a German paper, and
speaking against the Tripoli expedition. Refused to help the
Governor of Eritrea to open relations with the Imam, but mediated
for Tzzet Pasha, and accepted the order of the Mejidieh (third class).
About 55 years of age.
COCCALI, DEMETRIUS.
Chief Agent and Inspector of the Red Sea Lighthouse Adminis
tration ; resident, with his wife, at Mocha. Of Greek race, but
Ottoman nationality. Said to be willing to help us.
DAGHSHAR, Sheikh.
Chief of the 'Amanyin, living at Beit Jashish ; has much in
fluence both locally and with the Imam, whose differences with
Idrisi he has made several attempts to settle. Age about 55.
DANAN, Seyyids of.
AHMED YAHYA KARAT, favours the Imam, and works the
Hashid for him.
MOHAMMED ABU SHIHA, favours the Imam, and works the
Hashid for him.
DIRHEM IBN YAHYA FART.
Chief of the Dhu Pari 4 section of the Hashid and one of the most
important Hashid Sheikhs ; a firm supporter of Nasir ibn Mabkhut.
(See Ahmed ibn Yahya Fari'.)
GHARBI, Seyyid of.
YAHYA IBN MOHAMMED EL-MUSHADI, a powerful par
tisan of Idrisi. Lives north of the Wadi Ahnum in the Hashid
district, and has influence with the tribe.
GHURBAN, Seyyids of.
Y AH \ A IBN AHMED and ' ALI, his brother, of the J ebali house;
anti-Imam, owing to an old grudge for deprivation of power after the
Imam took Ghurban fort and installed Seyyid 'Abbas there.