"دليل الجزيرة العربية المجلد II" [‎١‎٠‎١‎٣] (٦٨٨/٥٠)

KAT -KAT
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Wali of Puslit-i-Kuh. The relations of Shaikh Farhan Asad are with the Persian officials
at Shushtar and those of Shaikh Haidar with the authorities at Dizful; consequently the
tribe may be regarded as divided between the t wo districts of Northern ' Arabistan. It
is a remarkable fact that of the Shaikhs—who are distantly related to one another—•
neither really belongs to the Kathir tribe, but both are of Bait Sa'ad extraction.
KATHlR—
A small tribe which once belonged to the Bani Khalid tribe, but now associated with
the Dhaflr {q. v.) of the right bank of the Euphrates about Samawah and Suq-ash-
Shuyukh.
kathir—
A section of the Fadhul tribe (q. v.) of Najd j they are probably identical with the
Kathran.
KATHIR (Al)—
Singular Kathiri. The principal tribe in Dhufar Proper where all the villages except
Taqa belong to them ; they are represented in the Samhan hills also by several sections,,
who act as a partial counterpoise there to the uncivilised Qaras. A few emigrants of
the tribe are settled at D5hah in the Masqat District near Masqat Town. The follow
ing table explains the sub-divisions and distribution of the Al Kathir :
Section.
Number of families.
Habitat.
Remarks.
'Ali-bin-Badr (Bait),
150
In the lower Samhan
hills immediately
behind Salalah.
Nil.
'Amr-bin-Muham
mad (Bait).
Fadhil (Al)
40
120
Salalah, etc.
At 'Auqad-al-Fadhil
and Dahaiiz.
Do.
Do.
Ghawwas (Bu)
150
At Salalah, and in
the Samhan hills.
Do.
Marahin
or
Marhun (Bait-al).
60
All at Salalah, except
a few at 'Auqad-al-
Marhun.
Do.
Muhammad- bin-
Hamad (Al).
150
In the Samhan hills
Do,
Shanafirah
225
At Hafah, etc.
This section are loyal
to the Sultan of
'Oman. Their
present Shaikhs
are Bakhit and 'Ali-
bin-'Umr. The
Shanafirah are
said to have been
originally 'Awamir
but they are now-
reckoned to the Al
Kathir.