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ipicty in the time of Ad. The second arc the Arabs of Yemen
for im
desccn ded from Kahtin. Tho third are descendants of Ishmacl, sou of
Abraham.
Another account taken from Ibn-Dihhiych divides the surviving
Arabs into: Ut, El-'Aribch, Arabs par excellence, claiming descent
from Iram [Aram of Gen., X., 23], son of Shorn; 2nd, El-Mota*
Arribeh, naturalized and not Arabs, descended from Krhtan; 3rd,
El-Mosta'ril>eh, still less pure Arabs, descendants from Ishmael. 1
extract yet another account from a note in Chencry’s translation of
Hariri:—“Shem was the primate of the earth, after his father, and
according to his father’s blessing, became the ancestor of the Prophets,
all of whom, whether Arabs or foreigners, are of the posterity of Shorn.
He went as far as Yemen and founded San’a, and settled in the middle
region of the earth from Yemen to Esh-Shim, possessing the holy
place. From him were descended Ad and Tharaud and Tasm and Jedis
and El-Araalik, and the subjects of Ya’rob and Jorham the elder, who
were called El-’Arab El-’Aribeh, because they were creating speaking
Arabic; also the descendants of Ismael, called El-’Arab El-Mota*
Arribeh, because they acquired the Arabic tongue by settling among
the former; also El-’Arab El-Mosta’ribeh, who are defined as specially
the descendants of \Adnin.”

TRIBES.
1. Benu-Ivhtflid [from the Bcnu-’Ukkcyl], chiefly in El-Hasi.
Formerly mustering 4,0U0 fighting men, now much less
numerous.
2. El-Kahtin [claim descent from Hud] still muster 6,000 men.
3. El-’Oteybah or ’Otibah [from El-Ilowazim], a numerous
tribe, formerly 4,000 men.
4. El-Muteyr, also a powerful tribe.
5. El-Dowisir [claim descent from SeM-bin-Yashjob-bin-Ya’rab-
bin-Kahtin].
6. El-Sabey’a [’Adn^nite].
7. El-Suhool [mixed].
8. El-'Ajmin [Kahtanite].
9. El-Morrah [Kabtinite].
10. Benu-Hijir [Kahtinite], about 500 strong.
11. El-Bakoom [’Adninite].
12. El-Harb [Kahtinite] ♦
13. El-Bureyah [Kahtinite].
14. El-Asim [Kahtinite].
16. Al-'Arji.
16. Al-Jiblin [from Benuu-Lim].
17. El-’Anazah.
18. Shammar [El-Jebel] [Kahtinite].