"دليل بلاد فارس. مجلد III. جزء I: من A إلى K" [و‎‎١‎٥‎٠] (١٢٧٨/٣٠٤)

BAN—BAN
143
03 '
Division.
Sub-Division.
Fighting
strength.
Hamuoi .
Zuhairieh
80
Do .
Huwaishim .
350
Do .
Mir’ai . . • •
50
Do. .
Dirairat
30
Halaf..
Suwaijit
160
Do. .
Al Bu Ghurbeh .
230
Do. .
Hiyadir
550
Do
Al Bu ’Abiiiyid .
450
Do. .
Sudan . . • •
350
Do. .
Braiheh
200
Do. .
Bani Sakain
200
Remarks.
Nil.
This sub-division are
among the marsh-
dwellers.
Ditto
Nil.
This sub-division are
among the marsh-
dwellers.
Nil.
Tiie Hatal division were originany — *
among the Bam Turuf and perhaps also among the Bam Tumim.—{McDouall
—Persian Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
BANlSHAN— Lat. 33° T N.; Long. 47° 35' E.; Elev. 2,950'.
The name of a cultivated valley constituting the uppermost part of the
Rudbar district of Luristan, and of a camp of the Lurs containing some
50 huts, situated above the valley. The camp lies 99 miles west of Khurram-
abad on the road to Deh Bala. The valley lies along the right bank of the
Saimarreh river just where it issues from the feaza-Bin gorge. icre is^a
large area of richly cultivated and irrigated lands. Large flocks and herds
are owned. The Saimarreh river is here fordable at some points. Bamshan
lies within the territory of the Vail of-Pusht-i-Kuh. (Burton.)
BANl TAMIM (1)—
A division of the Bani Hardan tribe (q.v.).
BANl TAMIM (2) (Tribe)—
A large and powerful Arab tribe in Southern ’Arabistan They are tent-
dwellers, and range the drier parts of the country between the rivers Karun,
Shatt-al-’Arab and Tigris. Unlike most of the tribes of the province, in
religion they are Sunni Muhammadans, and in their mode of life also they
differ considerably from the other Arab tribes of ’Arabistan. They are said
to be of Muntafik extraction. Their territory in Southern .Arabistan in
cludes the right bank of the river Karun between Milaihan and Sab eh and
they may be found anywhere to the west of that line up to the Turkish fron
tier. In summer the bulk of the tribe approach the Karun m the date
season they encamp on the left bank of the Shatt-al-’Arab between Nashveh
and D’aiil, where many of them own date plantations ; m winter and spring
they occupy the western end of their country, but a few of the Ayaisheti
section sometimes encamp and cultivate in the cold weather at i aqtii,
and others more regularly appear at Qajarleh. There is no estimate of
their numbers by sections, but their strength is reckoned at 1,000 unmounted
and 2,000 mounted men, part of the latter being camel-riders and their
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