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40 ADMINISTBATlON RErORT OE THE PERSIAN GULP
POLITICAL
Beni Jabir.
A very numerous GhalBrca clan, inhabiting the valley named after
them, and all the hilly district to the eastward ae far as K.IMt L MW,
El-Jcyhh, Seijeli, Dhibab, K.lh&t and Tcywce are some of thc.r town,,
t d they have numerous smaller hamlets The Beni Jab.r arc a warhke
r"cc and hoast their descent from the tnhe of Dhobydn, a name famous
in Arab poetry; they arc consequently heredrtary domes rf the Abs or
Beui Lloweyhch.
The following arc their septs:

A wind Sa’ecd. Beni Mezroo.
Awlad Saliin. Awlad Rashid bin ’Amir.
Beni Faleet. Awlad Khatiuvs.
Awlad Haineyd. Beni Kurwask.
lk-ni Sba’aban. Beni Sa’ad.
Awlad Rashid. Beui Harb.
Beni Ibrahim. Awlid Salim Thanctj.
Beni Hudhraiai. Awlad Lirhan.
Awlid Wddce. El-Ma’amerah.
Awlad Naair. Beui Fahd.
Beui Salt.

El-Jenebeh.
The Jeuebeh arc a Kalitinite Bedouin tribe, though now classed ns
Gliaflireos. They are the largest sea-fariug clan in 'Oman. Their chief
town is Soor, and they extend westward along the shores of the Babr-cl-
Hudrcc, nearly as far as the Kooria M«»oria Islands; pasturing immense
herds of camels and Hocks of goats. These islands, known in ancient
times as the “ Insulakzenobii," are supposed by some European authors
to have derived their name from this tribe. The sea-faring portion of
the Jenebeh possesses, besides many fishing boats, al/out 100 sea-going
bughlas, trading to Bombay, Zanzibar, and the Red and Socotrao Seas.
They are professional slave runners, and as “ Soories," the name by which
they are generally knowu in the Arabian Sea, they bear as evil a
reputation as any other people I am acquainted with. They are not
averse also to a lit tie piracy when oceasi -n offers, and are constantly
giving trouble in this respect. The Temeemeb of the tribe is Nasir,
who holds despotic power over them, aud draws a considerable income
from his taxations. He resides with a portion of the tribe in 'Oman
near Nezwa.
There are four septs of the tribe, each sub-divided into many beits
or houses. These septs are El-Jowair, El-Gheydliin, El-Ar4meb, El*
Makhaneh.
El-Na'eem.
of the
A large Yemenite tribe of El-Dhdhireb and El-Jow, n°*n.a0L
Ghaffiree faction. They inhabit El-Bercymce, Scninch, Hafeet* ,1 *ireh,
and El-Kabil. They arc the dominant Ghaffiree tribe of B»l-H ^ort
and arc a warlike and predatory race, frequently raiding tuei ^
wealthy and pacific neighbours in the Batineh and the neighbour