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government, the 'Ajman liked him and his taxes little better than the
Turks, and he had to organize drastic punishment of their raiding in the
summer of 1915, finally driving great part of them north into Shammar
country. Their traditional foe is the Ahl Murrah tribe, and of late they
have added Ibn Rashid and the Shammar. With the Sultan of Koweit
and the Paramount Sheikh of El-Qatar they have generally, though not
invariably, kept on terms.
The Paramount Chieftainship is in the Ibn Hithlein family of the
M a 'I dh sub-tribe (Naja' clan). On the murder of Mohammed ibn Hazm
ibn Hithlein in 1910, the chieftainship was put in commission ;
Sheikh Fahd, the elder brother of the late chief, had most support for
the sole succession, but he appears to have given way later to Sheikh
Theldan, who submitted to Riyadh at the end of 1915- I he Naja' clan
is said to be in close alliance with the S ifran sub-tribe, which, though
not numerous, contains the most formidable of all the 'Ajmi fighting-
men. According to Lorimer {Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf), the Jiblan
section of the Muteir (q. v.) joined forces with the 'Ajman before 1908.
Sub-Fribe.
Ma'ldh .
Suleiman
Mahfudh
Hltlan
' Arj ah
Shamir
Hddi
Dhain
Sifran
Hamrndd ibn Rdshid
Rusheid
Misra'
Miflik
Saleifi
Salum
Sureih
Heiraf
Hayydn
Shawdwlah
Khuweitir
ajm A n
Total
Fighting Strength.
2,700
1,270
1,200
1,150
650
600
500
400
300
300
200
200
100
100
100
100
100
100
80
50
? 10,200
7. Beni Hajar.
The BENI HAJAR (or Hajir, often pronounced by Bedouins Hayir)
are nomads of bad reputation, ranging Hasa and part of El-Qatar, south
of the 'Ajman, with whom they have an agreement allowing them to use
the 'Ajmi dira, if provided with authorized rafiqs. They were always
troublesome to the Turks, and are so now to both Ibn Sa'ud and the
Sheikh of El-Qatar.
They are pastoral ancl breeders, but are said also to make excur
sions into piracy. They allow their women great liberty. Their extreme
range is from 'Odeid to the 'Ajman limit in Hasa; but by consent they
wander as far north as Koweit. They have no one Paramount Chief.