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residency and muscat political agenct for 1880-81. 33
Table showing tub Tribes ok 'Oman with their numbers and
distribution iincluded.

Is
Name of Tbibb. s-a Popula­ DietrictB and Villages. Remarks.
tion.
o.a

F.l-Ya’arobeh o 100 Nftkhl.
Kl-Yaman II 5,0X3 Zikki.
El-Yahmadec H 300 Barko, Nakhl IbadhCjeh.
Beni Zafeet G 250 Gliabbi Sunni.
Beni Zarraf G 200 Arbak Sunni.
Beni Zeed G GOO Fideeh.
El-Zeka winch H 1,000 Semed.
tl-Zooab u 2,000 Batineh.
Total 592,010
Grand Total ... 592,010

The Beni 'Ali
Is the leading Ilinawi tribe in El-Dhaliireb, where it occupies
Ycnkal in the Wady Fadech, Boo 'Einiceua’id Jebel-Wakbeh in the Wddy
Aliiu. They are a settled tribe, cultivating dates and grain, and are not
very warlike, but can produce about twelve huudred fighting men. * The
Beni 'Ali have always been supporters of the present dyuasty, and consid­
ered their services at the disposal of the Sultan when required. They
assisted Seyyid Saced-bin-Sultan to repel the efforts of Seyyid Ivais to
lake Muscat in 1SU3, and also rendered good service to Seyyid Thoweynee,
but of late years they have somewhat estranged from Seyyid Toorkee.
The “ Terneeraeh ” of the tribe is Shaikh Hilal-bin-Gbassdn-biu-Siuan-
bin-Suliraan, who has almost unlimited power over his people. Hilal
has au elder brother, Amir, who is not recognized as “Temeeemeh” on
account of his mother being a foreigner. His grandfather Sindu was
murdered by the Wahabee Sa’ad-bin-Mutlak at El-Bereymee.
The Beni-boo-'Ali
Occupies the eastern part of the district of Ja’alan in El-Sbarkiyeb,
their towns being Soor, Belad-Beni-boo-Ali and El-Ashkbdreh. The
tribe comprise both Bedouin and Hadhr,*
• settled in Tillages.
the former being owners of consider­
able herds of camels and flocks of goats. The inhabitants of Soor and
Ariikhareh of this tribe are chiefly mariners and traders, while those in
Ja'alan arc cultivators of date groves and grain. The Beni-boo-'Ali
are a branch of the great Ma'addic tribe, Beni Temdm, and are a war-
like independent race with a high reputation for courage and dash.
Though still perhaps the most influential Ghdfliree tribe in El-Sharkiyeb,
they do not now occupy the prominent position that was theirs before
their reduction in 1821. By religion they are Wahdbees, having been
converted during tho Nejdian iuvasion, and they have since been fol­
lowed by the Beni Rasid and other tribes. Tho Bcni-boo-’Ali are the only
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