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GHALTB IBN AHMED HIDIYAN, N aq!b.
A chief of the Deiri Muflahi section of the Amiri ; resides at
Jebel Kifa, south of Jebel Jihaf. Loyal to us, but on bad terms
with the Emir of Dhala.
HAMID IBN NASIR BU KATEYYAN.
Aqil of Shabwah, the farthest permanent settlement beyond
Nisab in the direction of the Ruba' el-Khali, and chief of the Ahl
Kaiab. Vassal (nominally) of the Sultan of Upper 'Aulaqi.
HARIB, Sherif of.
See MAREB (p. 54). Harib is completely independent of both
Ottoman and British influence. The actual Sherif is HAMID IBN
EL-1 TEIR. The Seyyids are strong in this district.
HASAN IBN AHMED.
C hief of the Azraqi section of the AmTri, under the Emir of
Dhala (but considers himself independent). A loyal and sound
man. Owns a fertile district.
HASAN 'ABD EL-HADI.
Broker at Aden, and Agent to the Sultan of Lower Yafa'. Knows
natives and their life thoroughly. Will be loyal if adequately re
warded ; very shrewd, but not of high character. To be used with
caution.
HASAN 'ALI, Firm of.
Business house in Aden, named after its founder, now dead.
The present head is his son, MOHAMMED 'ABDULLAH, about 40
years of age ; an enlightened man, in touch with affairs throughout
the Middle East. Has connexions with Hodeidah, South Yemen
(he contracted for flour for Ottoman troops up to 1913), and the
Persian Gulf. In constant relations with Lahej. His house, in the
C rater, is a rendezvous for native officials and clerks. Has a country
house at Sheikh 'Othman, in the eastern suburb near the shrine and
the British frontier. The firm has been loyal to the British Raj,
but is in too close touch with native elements to be used except
with discretion.
HUSEIN ABU AHMED.
'Aqil of the Ahl Hammam, a section of the Mehajir, who again
belong to the 'Aulaqi. Has not much control over the tribesmen.
HUSEIN IBN AHMED.
Sultan of the Fadhli, usually resident at Shughrah, but lately
transferred at his own request to Aden, on the revolt of his tribes
men. An old man over 80, deposed in 1877 by the Bombay Govern
ment for political misconduct, and confined in the fort of Ahmed-
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