"دليل الجزيرة العربية المجلد II" [‎١‎٣‎٢‎٢] (٦٨٨/٣٧١)

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Dit isions and numerical strength. —The original divisions of the Mutair are two only,
the 'Ilwah and the Braih ; but to these have been added in recent times, probably by
fission of the Braih, a third main division, the Bani 'Abdillah. During the late
struggle for supremacy in Central Arabia the Bani 'Abdillah sided with Ibn Rashid
while the majority of the tribe were partisans of Ibn Sa'ud, and the estrangement
continued until the final defeat of Ibn Rashid when the Bani 'Abdillah rejoined the
general body of the Mutair.
The llwah consist of two large sub-divisions, the Jiblan and the Umwahah composed
of the sections given below :—-
Jiblan sub-division. Umwahah sub-division.
'Araif.
'Araqibah. 'Arfan.
Bursan. Bara'asah.
Tnah. Jibrah.
Kharabtah. Khawatirah.
Laini(Bani). Mala'ibah.
Masai bah. Rukhman.
Mijalidah. Sa'anin.
Mura'asah. and
Qa'aimat. Sahal)ah.
Qahtan.
Qisha'an.
Shawa irah.
Shiyabin.
The Sahabah section of the Umwahah consists of several sub-scctions, among which
are the 'Arafan, Damanan, Fuqamah, Hijji, Jama'ain, Jarid, Jawafiyah and Umtairat;
of these the Fuqamah supply the Shaikhs of the section, as a sub-section called Dhil
Ghanaiman do in the Mala'ibah section. Some authorities have included among the
Umwahah the whole Rashaidah tribe and a clan called Hirshan, both of whom join the
Mutair in their raids and forays and pay tribute to the chief Mutairi Shaikh ; thev are
however altogether repudiated by the Mutair, who consider them to be of servile or
otherwise inferior origin and decline to intermarry with them.
The Braih are composed of three main sub-divisions, the Aulad 'Ali, the Birzan and
the Aulad Wasil; of these the Birzan and the Aulad Wasil are in some manner more
closely connected than the Birzan and the Aulad 'Ali. The Birzan, with a fighting
strength of 300, appear to be a nearly homogeneous body ; the sections of the other
two sab-divisions are as follows : —•
Anldd Wasil sub-dh i&ion,
'Abaiyat.
'Afisah.
Aka'lah.
Aqut.
'Awaridh.
Bidanah.
Diyahin.
Farawlyah.
Hawamil.
Haftah.
Jida'an (Ibn).
Qaraifah.
Mahalithah.
, Maraikhat.
Mashahibah.
and
Wisamah.
The Hawamil section of the Aulad Wasil comprises four sub-sections, namely, Hamran
Hizwah, Shadhlyah and Sharman. The Mutair settled at Dhrumah are of a section called
Nafisah which is said to belong to the Braih.
Aulad 'Ali sub-division.
'Abadin.
Hamadin.
.f alailah.
Sa'adun (Dhi).
Sa'aran.
Shi "all n.
Shitailat.
and
Tha'alah of whom the
Tha'alah are closely associated
with the Hamadin.