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at Nakhl (50 houses) in Wadi Ma'awal; at Saheilah (100 houses),
Mileyyinah (15 houses), Heil esh-Shiya (10 houses), Heil er-Rafsah (60
houses), and Thiqbah (20 houses) in Wadi el-Jizi and its tributaries ;
at Heil, Ghallah (20 houses), and Furfar in the Shameiliyan tract, and
finally in independent Oman at Bireimi village and in Mahadhah.
108. Beni Lamak (sing. Lamki).
A tribe of the Oman Sultanate, numbering 300 souls; Ibadhi in
religion and Hinawi in politics ; settled at Lamki in Wadi Beni Ghafir.
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109. Ma'awal (sing. Ma'wali).
A tribe of the Oman Sultanate, numbering 8,000 souls ; Ibadhi in
religion and Hinawi in politics ; settled in Wadi Ma'awal in Western
Hajar, where they own the villages of Afi (1,000 houses), 'Areiq (40),
Musilmat (300), and part of Hibra (80) ; also at Khabbah (150) and
Barkah (20) in Batinah. There is also a Bedouin section, by name Yal
Bin Rashid. Afi is the tribal capital. The Jalandite rulers of Oman,
who flourished at the time of the conversion of the country to Islam, or
somewhat earlier, are supposed to have belonged to this tribe.
The trade of Wadi Ma'awal is with Barkah. Wheat, barley, lucerne,
and beans are grown, and there are about 100,000 date-palms.
110. Al Bu Maheir (sing. Maheiri).
A considerable tribe in Trucial Oman, found in all the coast towns.
They have 400 houses in Dibai, 200 in Sharjah, 120 at Ras el-Kheimah,
100 at Abu Dhabi, 100 at Batin, 80 at 'Ajman, 60 at Khan, and 30 at
Umm el-Qaiwein. By some the Daheilat of Abu Dhabi town are regarded
as a section of the Al Bu Maheir, who in their turn are reckoned, in Abu
Dhabi, as a section of the great Beni Yas tribe.
In all they number about 5,500 souls, of whom only about 100, in
the Abu Dhabi principality, are Bedouin in their habits.
They are said to be of Mahrah stock and to have come originally from
Hadhramaut.
In religion and politics they follow the Sheikh of the principality in
which they happen to live.
in. Mahdrah (sing. Mahri).
A tribe of Trucial Oman, numbering 1,250 souls, all resident in
Ras el-Kheimah town, of which they form one of the main elements,
112. Maharib (sing. Maharihi).
A tribe of the Oman Sultanate, numbering 300 souls; Ibadhi in
religion and Hinawi in politics ; settled in Eastern Hajar, at 'Amqat in
Wadi Sema'il, and at Farfarah in W T adi DhabaTm.