"كُتيّب اليمن" [و‎‎٤‎٦] (١٩٠/٩٦)

Chief villages: Mehajir (Sheikh r Ali Matlaq); Luqamah
(Sheikh ! Ali Yahya el-Hamdani); Tubar (Sheikh f Ali et-
Tubri); Qabil (Sheikh Ahmed Salamah).
62.—Khaulan et-Tawal.
A Zeidi tribe to the east and south of San/a, inhabiting
the country on either side of Wadi Meswar. They are
settled and agricultural and number 7,000 to 8,000 fighting
men. Kibs, three hours due east of San'a, is their chief
town and the headquarters of the influential Seyyid family
of El-Kibsi. Seyyid Ahmed Mab'uth el-Kibsi and his
brothers, Seyyid Husein and Seyyid Mohammed Ibn Isma'il,
are the heads of the family. The Khaulan have always
fought for the Imam. The representative of the Imam, who
is responsible for the collection of tithes, is Seyyid Abbas.
The Khaulan dislike the Anis and fought them twelve years
ago owing to the expulsion of a Khaulani from Anis. They
trace their descent to Ghassan, Salih Ibn Mohammed et-
Tawal is the most important Sheikh of the tribe.
Chief villages: Husn Dhobiatein, Dhobeinah, Qada ,
Beit Nini, Qarwah, Marbuk, Tanam, Shafiq.
Chief clans : Beni Jaber ('Abdullah Ibn Sa/id el-Jabri);
Beni Kibs (Seyvid Hasan Ibn Mohammed el-Kibsi); Yeman-
iatein (Sheikh f Abdullah es-Sufi); Beni Dhobian ('Ali Mahdi
Shudeiq); Sihman ( 5 Ali Ibn Yahya el-Qadhi); Beni Siham
(Muhsin Ibn Muhsin en-Nini); Esh-Sha'b (Salih Ibn Moham
med Talwah).
63.—Hebeish, Beni.
A Zeidi tribe about forty miles west of San^a. Revolted
with the Kama'lah and other Zeidi tribes under Emir
esh-Shibi against the Turks in 1914.
64.—Kama c lah.
A Zeidi tribe about forty miles west of San a, which
revolted with the Beni Hebeish and others against the
Turks in 1914 under Emir esh-Shibi.