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and a tribe which has submitted to the sheikh is said to have become
" Jasimi" ; to this fact is probably due the indiscriminate application in
old British records of the term " Joasmee " to all the piratical inhabitants
of what is now Trucial Oman. The Trucial flag of 1820 unfortunately
came to be known, and is still known, as the Jasimi flag, and the Beni
Yas of Abu Dhabi have consequently always shown a disinclination to
fly it.
The genuine Qawasim in Trucial Oman in 1905 only numbered
18 adult males. Other Qawasim to the number of 650 occur at Duvvan
in the Lingeh district of the Persian coast.
A tribe of Qawasim, supposed to be identical with the genuine
Qawasim by some, while others hold it to be a section of the Nidabiyln,
is settled in the Oman Sultanate at Miltiqa in Wadi Sema'il, Nafa'ah in
Wadi Mansah, Felej el-Hijari in Wadi Riseil, Mizra' el-'Alawi in Wadi
Maih, and at Bandar Jissah on the Muscat coast.
This tribe numbers 1,100 souls.
151. Beni Qitah (sing. Qithi).
A tribe of Oman, having a considerable range over the promontory
and in Dhahirah. They number about 4,800, of whom 2,500 are settled
in the sultanate in the cluster of villages known as Aflaj Beni Qitab, in
Dhahirah, and 200 at Dheid, in the Sharjah principality. The remaining
2,100 are Bedouins, whose territory is bounded by the northern end
of the Dheid plain, the towns of Sharjah and Dibai, the Bireimi Oasis,
and the western slopes of the promontory. The Bedouins muster 600
fighting-men in their seven sections, as follows:—Farariyah, 100; Hawafir,
80 ; Khasawinah, 120 ; Ma'aliyah, 40 ; Masa'id. 180 ; Midhaqarah, 30 ;
Shibanat, 50.
The Sheikh of Abu Dhabi has recently admitted the Beni Qitab
to be clients of the Sheikh of Umm el-Qaiwein. In politics they are
Ghafiri, and in religion Sunni.
152. Radeindt (sing. Radeini).
A tribe of the Oman Sultanate, numbering 250 souls; Sunni in
religion, Hinawi in politics ; settled at 'Abbasah in Batinah.
153. Rahbiyin (sing. Rahbi).
A tribe of the Oman Sultanate, numbering 5,000 souls; Ghafiri in
politics, Ibadhi in religion ; settled in the upper part of Wadi Tayin
and in Wadi Mansah and its tributaries. Wasit, between Wadis Tayin
and Mansah, is the seat of the principal Sheikh.
The Suwabiq at Beyyadh is one of their sections, and the Aulad or
Beni Mahriz at Ba'ad and Mizbur is perhaps another.