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of Mecca, and are generally to be found along the road from Mecca to
Jebel 'Arafat and east to Shedad and Jebel Mohram. From Serum to
Lith, however, is their original district, the chief centre being round
Sa'dlyah. They number about 4,000 men, and although good fighters
are not quarrelsome. Their country is a poor one, and affords scanty
pasturage to their herds of camels, in which they are fairly rich. In times
of drought they go south to Wadi Dokhah in the Dhawi Barakat country.
They do not cultivate, but buy all their grain from Ta'if or Lith, in return
for the semn which they sell. They all carry spears and knives and, those
who can afford them, rifles.
For purposes of internal administration the tribe is divided into two
parts, the one under Mohammed ibn Sa'id, the other under Mohammed ibn
Hanesh. The former is faithful to the Sherif of Mecca. Sheikh Mohammed
ibn Hanash, who rules over the Al Munif or Muniflyah, dislikes the Sherif,
owing to his habit of commandeering camels whenever his followers go
to Mecca, and therefore keeps chiefly to Sa'dlyah and the coast. He
has made overtures to Idrisi, but is too far off and too weak to do more
than sympathize with him. He was neutral during the Turco-Sherifian
expedition in 1910, and removed his tribe into the inaccessible mountains.
ihe two chief Sheikhs are on good terms with each other and the
sub-tribes freely intermingle. They are friendly towards the Dhawi
Hasan and Beni Faham, but inimical to the Harb. The Ateibah, though
distant, raid them when they stray too far east. The Hudheil and they
are of one origin and are on terms of the closest friendship.
1 he Juhadlah are hospitable to strangers, but they have little religion
and seldom go on the pilgrimage. In person they are taller than most
Arabs, wear their hair short, and are dressed in a red ' tob' (thuh) which
reaches from the waist to the knee, the end being thrown over the left
shoulder.
(i) Chief Sheikh, Mohammed ibn Sa'id.
Sub-'l ribes : 'Alyaniyah, Sheinlyah, Hershiyah, Jamshiyah, Tha'baniyah,
Hasnaniyah, Jirshiyah.
(ii) Chief Sheikh, Mohammed ibn Hanash.
(1) Al Munlf, of which the chief subdivisions are :
{d) The AL MAHDI are a small semi-nomad tribe near Lith, who
make their living chiefly as fishermen. They are a poor and down-trodden
people, thoroughly awed by their powerful neighbours the Dhawi Hasan.
They do not number more than 200 souls.
Al es- Sihim
Al Madathir
Beni Bur
Al Yam
Al Zahein
Mohammed es-Sultan
Husein ibn Huneish
Mas'ud ibn Mohammed
Mohammed ibn Muhsin
Mizhar ibn Sihman
(2) Hijrlyah, of which the chief subdivision is :
Al Faham Haidar ibn Huneish