"كُتيّب اليمن" [و‎‎٤‎٧] (١٩٠/٩٨)

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district is bounded on the north by Jebel Bura/a and the
Wadi Siham, on the east by Salfiyah and Jebel c T T tmah,
on the south by the Wadi Reimah, and on the west by the
'Absi and Zaraniq districts. The Sheikh is Murshid ibn
Mohammed El-Jabi who is also Turkish Kaimakam. The
Mudir is Seyyid Mahmud. There are said to be seventy
Sheikhs and seventy districts in Reimah, with a total strength
of over 50,000 men.
The principal clans are: Beni Waghid, Beni el-Jad, Beni
Sa'id, Beni Walid, Beni Mukhtar, Beni Tulaili, Beni Masa'b,
Beni Ghuzi, Nomah, Yafuz, Ahl Dalalam, Beni Harazi,
Beni Ahmed, Beni Khudam, Ahl Jabi, and Beni en-Nahari.
The last-named defeated a Turkish expedition sent to
collect taxes in 1914 and captured the Kaimakam of
Menakhah. Their chief Sheikh is Seyyid 'Abdullah en-
Nahari. His brother, the late Sheikh, Seyyid Yahya en-
Nahari, was defeated by the Turks and died in captivity.
The clan is generally on bad terms with the Anis.
The principal villages are : Jabi (the headquarters of the
district and of Sheikh Murshid) ; Robat en-Nahari (the suq
of Sheikh Murshid) ; Kusmah ; 'Alujah (the suq or market
of Seyyid Mahmud) ; Hadiyah.
69.—Anis.
The boundaries of the Anis stretch from a short distance
west of Dhamar, due north nearly to Wa'alan, keeping
always a short distance to the west of the Dhamar-San'a
road. To the west they extend along the Beni Matar
confines almost to Mefhak, and then, skirting Menakhah,
and cutting the Wadi Sihatn, go down a few miles south of
Jebel Reimah and then across almost to Dhamar.
The paramount Sheikh is ' Ali Miqdad who lives at Jebel
esh-Sherq. He is a man of about fifty and used to be a
staunch adherent of the Imam. He fought for him in
1911 and captured the Turkish Kaimakam of Doran,
Zakari Bey. In August 1916, however, he was reported to
have quarrelled with the Imam and to have closed the