"دليل الجزيرة العربية المجلد I" [‎٨‎٧‎٣] (١٠٥٠/٩٣٤)

'IKAQ
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Tribe.
Location.
Barbari
Budair (Ai)
Bagharah
Darraj (Al Bu)
Da'i
Dhafir
At Najaf Town
Remakks.
In the Rghailah Muqata'ah
of the Shamiyah Qadha
and in the Qadha of
Diwanlyah upon the
Bagharah canal.
The Bagarah villages on
the Bagharah canal.
The right bank of the
Tigris from Kumait
down to a point opposite
'Amarah Town.
On the Mshorab canal
from the Shatt-al-
Hindiyah in the Qadha
of that name.
Some of the Bedouins of
this tribe visit the right
bank of the Euphrates
in the neighbourhood of
Nasiriyah.
The Barbaris are not numerous in
'Iraq; they are believed to have
entered the country as political
refugees from Afghanistan. Bar
baris are not now, perhaps,
found in Afghanistan; but they
were the original inhabitants of
the Hazarajat and were practically
annihilated by Jangiz Khan (or
one of his successors) w r ho swamped
them with military colonists
(Hazaras). The Band-i-Amir Lakes
in Afghanistan are still some times
called the Band-i-Bar bar.
The Al Budair are Shi'ahs, inhabit
ing tents and huts, and engaged
in agriculture and stock raising.
They are said to number about
3,000 souls and to have 300 horses.
Those in Shamiyah number about
300 men and are only cultivators:
they are moreover so closely connected
with the Bani Hasan as to be almost
indistinguishable from them.
This, like 'Afaj above, is not a genuine
tribal name ; but it is used as a
synonym for the 'Aqra mentioned
above because they inhabit the
Bagharah villages.
By some authorities these Al Bu
Barraj are treated not as an inde
pendent tribe but as belonging to
the Khasraj division of the Bani
Lam.
In general characteristics this tribe
resembles the Jalihah. Politically
they are dependent on the Al
Kinanah, but they are sometimes
said to be a subsection of the Jabur-
al-Wawi section of the Zubaid.
They are Shi'ahs by religion and
agriculturists and cattle breeders
by occupation. Their fighting men
are said to number 400.
See article Bhaf ir.
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