"كُتيّب اليمن" [و‎‎٥‎٧] (١٩٠/١١٨)

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Muhsin Ibn 'Abdullah (Sherif).
A chief of the Dhu Husein at Jauf. Trusted friend of
the Imam and sent by him to Aden in August 1914 on a
political mission. Previously had commanded a force
operating against Idrisi.
Muhsin Ibn Hasan (Seyyid).
Of Huth, of the Luqwa house ; one of the richest mer
chants and an active politician who sympathizes with
Nasir Ibn Mabkhut {q.v.) against the Imam.
Munasar Saghir (Sheikh).
Chief of the northern division of the Southern Zaraniq;
joint signatory with Mohammed Yahya el-Hibah Fashik
of a letter to Colonel Jacob offering assistance to us in
May 1916.
Nasir Ibn Mabkhut.
Paramount chief of the great Hashid tribe. Tall, power
fully built, fair skin, small white beard. Age about
seventy-five. Ambitious, unscrupulous, rules chiefly by
fear. Rich from taxes levied on his people. His chief sons
are Hamud Ibn Nasir, aged about thirty-five, and Nasir
Ibn Nasir, aged about twenty-five. His chief strongholds
are at Hamri, Habur, and Dhofir. He was an ally of the
Imam in his early struggles with the Turks, and up to 1911
fought for him. In 1912 he deserted to Idrisi in disgust at
the Imam's compact with the Turks, and in 1913 was
fighting for Idrisi. He rejoined the Imam in 1914, but is
said to have become disaffected again and to be now in
league with Idrisi and the Beni Yam. He is a very
powerful chief who can call up at least 10, ? 000 well-armed
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