"شخصيات، شبه الجزيرة العربية" [‎٢‎٣‎٧] (٣٧٤/٢٤١)

237
35. Kokha.
A tribe near Mocha, which fired on a ship's cutter of H.M.S. Lama
and killed two men late in 1915. The Sheikh was made prisoner, but
disavowed complicity, and after being taken to Aden was released.
Commerce between Aden and Kokha was forbidden. Ihe Sheikh is
a figurehead, and powerless, but inimical to the 1 urks.
36. Mahweit.
A Zeidi tribe just south of Jebel Milhan. Ihey are directly ad
ministered by the Turks, but are in favour of the Imam, and are allies
of their southern neighbours the Hufash, Sari, and Bura' of Jebel Bura .
37. Makarimah.
A small remnant, numbering about 2,600 men, of the house of
Makrami, the ruling family of Yam, still left in the district of Haraz.
For 12 years the Makramis held the Emirate of Heima, Haraz,
Menakhah and district by gift from the Imam Muhsin, but they were
expelled by Mukhtar Pasha in 1872. Their followers who remained
behind have little political importance now, and are chiefly engaged
in trade. Like the rest of their tribe they are of Isma'illyah sect. In
1911 they fought for the Turks against the Imam. They occupy the
villages of Mugharibah, Safiyah, Beit el-Hud, Khiyam, Beit el-Ghail, Beit
el-Akhbari, and Qushamin. Their chief Sheikh is Qa'id el-Luf, who lives
at Mugharibah. They are continually at feud with the Shafei, Zeidi, and
Da'udiyah tribes of the vicinity.
38. Mandri.
The mercantile tribe of the district between Loheia and Hodeidah,
peace-loving and settled. Their chief village is Munirah ; Seyyid Moham
med en-Niha is their principal Sheikh. They come under 'Abdullah Pasha
el-B5ni and possibly are a section of the Beni Suleil.
39. Beni Marhab.
A small Zeidi tribe immediately to the west of Zufeir, who come
under the Kaimmakam of Hajjah, and are of no political importance.
40. Masdr.
A Zeidi tribe in the mountains round Menakhah, who were neutral
during its siege in 1911. Ihey inhabit the Mazar block of hills which
bears WNW. of the town and ends west of it. The chief Sheikh of Masar
and the villages round it is Ahmed el-Jans, a man of about 55 and a large
landowner.
41. Beni Matar.
A strong Zeidi tribe in the fertile country between Wa'lan and
Mefhaq, just north of the Anis, with whom they are on good teims.