"دليل الجزيرة العربية المجلد I" [‎٧‎٤‎٨] (١٠٥٠/٨٠٣)

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HAEB
The Beni Amr own the date-growing district of Fur' near Medina, but their principal
Sheikh, El-Zuweibi, is generally in Nejd. He is about 18 or 20 years of age, a strong
partisan of the Sherif. The sub-tribe of the Jahm are Shiahs.
The Masruh have charge of the caravan road and hold Rabigh. A big sub-tribe, the
Zobeid, are fishermen and sailors along the coast from Jidda to Yambo. Mostly settled
in villages, they are of a stock despised by purely nomadic Arabs. Their paramount
Sheikh, Hussein ibn Mubeirek, lives at Rabigh. His territory extends from Mastura
in the north to Kuliya in the south. He is on excellent terms with the Sherif, and in
constant communication with him.
The Beni Isa are scattered farther south on the borders of Yemen. A large group of
the Zobeid is established in Mesopotamia, where they are cultivators and, herdsmen.
The Beni Ali, at Medina, are a turbulent confederation, bitterly hostile to the Turks.
They are at present strongly influenced by the Sherif, and are used by him to keep
the town in a state of unrest and disorder. They are a much rougher people than any
of the Beni Salim, and are sometimes said not to be of the Harb race. The paramount
Sheikh of the Thuwa Hasan lives at Lith, where there is a Kaimmakam and a Turkish
post. The Beit Ali round Kunfida, where there is also a Turkish post, were formerly
followers of the Idrisi, but now follow the Sherif,
Tribe.
Sub-Tribe.
Clan.
B eni S alim. 2,000 tents or
more.
Ahamda, 500 men
Khalil el-Ahmadi, in Jebel
Fikra between Medina and
Yambo.
iSubh, 1,500 men
Sherif ibn Nami, in Jebel
Subh and Bedr Hunein.
Bah ala, 500 men
From Bir Abbas to Bir ibn
Hasani.
Hunatiyat
Khalaf ibn Nahal.
A zimat
Jimala
Dhiyab ibn Mudheyan.
Hawazim, 200 men or more
Wady el-Kheif, near Fikra.
Kuad
Some belong to the Masruh.
Dhowahir, 200 men.
Safra, near Medina,
Ruwatha, 50 men.
Safra, near Medina.
Muzeinat
Talab el-Muzeini, Eastern
Hejaz.
Khalil ibn Khalifa el-Ah
madi ; Sherif ibn Nami;
Muhsai ibn 'Abbas, in
Wadi Safra.
B eni A mr . 2,000 tents or
more.
Dheifallah el-Zuweibi, in
Nejd.
Baladiyeh, 400 men.
Between Rabigh and el-Fur
Mu'ahhed, 1,000 men.
Near Mekka.
Humran, 100 men.
Between Mekka and Jidda.
B. Jdbir, 500 men.
Near the Humran.