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JAMAL (U mm-al)—
See Hasa Oasis; springs.
JAMAL (U mm-al)—
See Radaif.
JAMB—
See Qahtan.
JAMBLAH—
A small village in Hadhramaut, Southern Arabia ; it lies about 16 or 18 miles north
west from the port of Shihair and three hours' ride north-east from Ghail Bab Wazir.
Bent describes Jamblah (Gambia) as a verdant and palmy place where he could buy
much food for his horses. The village lies on the south side of some steep hills.
J AMD AH SHALAL—
A tract in the Ghamas Nahiyah of the Shaimyah Qadha [q.v,) in 'Iraq.
J amp (bani)—
One of the tribe of the Yemen Tihamah (q. v.). They occupy the country north of
Wadi Mur, between Nasaiyib (the wells of Lahiyah) and Zohrah. The whole country
north of them and west of Wayidhat is desert with salt swamps in places on the coast.
The estimated number of fighting men in this tribe is 2,500, but another estimate gives
1 500. T !%3 total population is perhaps 8,000 souls. -i
' The following are the principal sub-divisions of the tribe, with their villages and
Shaikhs, or' Aqils ;—
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Sub-division.
Village.
Shaikh.
* Udaiyah
Ghadir
'Is a Musawwa.
Al'Ali
Rasas • • • •
Bulghas.
Al Hujr
Dahir . •
Ahmad Basha.
Al Hadrami • •
NashirTyah • •
Ismail Bui Qasim.
Ash-Sham • •
Abu Karsh
Ahmad Ghuzal.
ffAM S N name under which the eastern quarter offfiUah town in 'Iraq, existed in the
10th century A. D.
{tamil (al)—• t , t . , x
A section of the Bani Hasan, one of the rural tnbea of Iraq. {q.v.).
(JAMlMAH— t •
According to Hunter's map of Arabia, Jamimah is a settlement in Southern Yemen and
lies some 15 miles along the eastern of the two tracks leading from Dhamar to Qa tabah.
{JAM'IYAT—
A village in the Barmanah Nahiyah of the Hillah Qadha (</^*) in Iraq.
{JAMJAMAH—
A village in the Mahawll Nahiyah of the Hillah Qadha (j.f.) in 'Iraq.