"دليل الجزيرة العربية المجلد II" [‎١‎٢‎٥‎٣] (٦٨٨/٣٠٢)

MUH—MUH
1253
the Shaikh ct the Ka'ab having been deported to Tehran, the Fallahiyeh District wa«
f placed in charge of his Mnhaisin rival; and, except dnrine one short interval from 1860 to
1862, the heads of the Ka'ab tribe have ever since been in subordination to the Shaikh
of the Muhaisin, or as he is now generally called, the Shaikh of Mnhammareh.* Afc
the present time the Muhaisin, in consequence of the authority wielded by their head
over all the districts of Southern 'Arabi?tan, may be regarded, though still outnumbered
by the Ka'ab, as the paramount tribe in all that region.
MUHAISIN—
See 'Anaizah tribe ; Pahamishah sub-division of the 'Amarat. This clan must not be
contused with the great Muhaisin tribe of southern 'Arabistan.
MUHAIYAN—
A hamlet in Yemen, on the route between Mokha and Zabid, via Moshij, and situated
about 26 miles by road from Zabid. Muhaiyan lies in the Tihamah, and consists of a few
poor settlements. The water supply is neither abundant nor good.
MUHAIYARAH—
A localitv on the right bank o( the Tigris (#. v.) between Qal'at Sabh and Ezra s Tomb
MUH ALT BAH—
A sub-division of the 'Awazim [q. v.) Bedouins of Kuwait.
MUHAMMAD—
A section of the settled 'Awamir {q. v.) of 'Oman Proper.
MUHAMMAD—
See Dawasir tribe of southern Najd ; 'Ammar sub-division of the A1 Hasan.
MUHAMMAD ('Aix)—
A Bedouin camping ground in the interior of Qatar {q. v.), eastern Arabia.
MUHAMMAD (Al)—
One of the Wida'in sections of the Dawasir tribe {q. v.) of southern Najd.
MUHAMMAD (AL)—
One of the divisions of the Q^htan tribe {q. v.) of central Arabia.
MUHAMMAD (AT.)—
A section of the Bani Hajir tribe {a. v.) of eastern Arabia.
MUHAMMAD (At. Bit)—
A powerful sedentary tribe occupying lands on left bank of Tigris from the Chahalah
canal at 'Amarah to the Shatt-al-'Atlq, below Ezra's Tomb, and on the right bank from
the Tabar canal to Ezra's Tomb.
The Al Bu Muhammad claim to be an offshoot from the Zubaid Arabs. From the
time of Muhammad (9 generations back) they split up into three sections descended
from the three sons of Muhammad, the Bait Chuwaimil, Bait 'Abud and Bait Shudaiyid
"The Shaikh, it is said, now sometimes describes himself as Shaikh of the Ka'ab.