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SG ADMINISTRATION REPORT of the PERSIAN GOLF POLITICAL

El-Deroo.
Originally a Bedouin tribe, but now a large portion of them is
settled at Tenaain and other villages in El-Dhdhireh. The Bedouins of
the tribe are pastoral, and rear large number of camels which they
pasture in the oases of the great desert. They are a wild and predatory
race, and no rising of the eastern tribes takes place without the Deroo
taking a prominent share therein. The following arc the sub-divisions
into which they arc divided:—

FAKnoOTH. Shaikhs.
El-Mohamccd. Hamcd-bin-Sultan.
Kl-Metawieh. Saleem-bin-’Ali.
El-Maharideh. Salim-bin-Sa'ecd.
El-ThowaiL Ham ad-bin-Sa’ecd.
Aydl Nefafi. Seif-bin-Nahcet.
Hal Mohammed. Nasir-bin-Seif.
Ayal Sultan. *Ali-bin-Kateelab.
Batoon. Iiaraad-bin-Mateyreh.
Hal Kbamecs. Ali-bin-Haraad.
Ayal Salim. Hamcyd-bin-’AlL
Yal Khauiees. Mabarak Dhajmoosh.
El-Mekbadcr. 'Amir-bin-’Ali.
El-Mabaleit Mohammed Leemak.
Shcmatcb. Saeed-bin-Seif.
Muhabineh. Hamdan-bin-Salim.
Zoweyah. Salim-bin-Roshid.
Bakhadeb. Mohainmed-bin-Soweyl.
Hul-boo Hadee. Salim-bin-Mohammed.
Majaleh. Salim-bin-Sultan.
El-Jancen. Saeed-bin-M ohammed.
El-Marakizeh. 'Ali-bin-Snltan.
El-Farad ee«. Hameyd-bin-Masbah.
El-Alewat. Rasbid-bin-Kbamis.
Hal Badywee. Hamood-bin-’Ali.

Beni GhXfiel
The localities occupied by this tribe are the Wddy-beni-Gbdfir
Baldd, El-'Aridh, El-Dereez, El-Ghabbi, &c. It is of 'Adndoi descent,
mid immigrated into 'Omdn from Nejd. The section of this tribe
the Wddy Rostak is said to be taller and fairer than the rest and than
the other Arabs around them. The Beni Ghdfir have a reputation for
valour and skill in war, and their pugnacious propensities may be jn
from the fact that they are at feud with eight other tribes. ^
has given its name to one of the two great political factions in 'O®.'
but it does not at present hold any dominant influence in that fac 0
over the other tribes composing it. And it does not appear that it eve
did so, for it was owing to the pre-eminent talent and energy 1
th of
the then leader Mohammed-bin-Ndsir, not to the superiority iu :g
the tribe that its name so renowned. The Shaikh of the Beni Gb&nr
also the "Temeemeh” of all the GhafRree tribes. His name
ghash-bin-Hameyd-bin-Rdshid, El-Atabee, and the tribe to wbicn
properly belongs is almost extinct; he resides at Babld, and is *
some character and iufluence.