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Notes to Chapter Five
Ahmad bin Humaid al Raghbani, the latter was 'Abdulrahman bin
'Abdullah bin Faris.
61 See above pages 121 ff.
62 See above page 123.
63 IOR R/15/1/236, “Arab States Monthly Summary, 1929-31", March 1931.
64 See ibid, December 1931.
65 The division of jurisdiction in the Trucial States after the Second World
War (and in particular after 1947) will be dealt with below, pages 314ff.
66 See the detailed study of the recent changes in law and jurisdiction in
the UAE, particularly in Abu Dhabi, by Professor Filz Sleppat,
“Bemerkungen zur Rechtsentwicklung in Abu Dhabi und den Vereinig-
ten Arabischen Emiraten" (Notes on the legal development in Abu
Dhabi and the UAE), Zcitschrift der Dcutschcn Morgenlandischen
Gesellschafl, Supplement III, 1, 1977, pp. 617-24.
67 See also below, page 117 on zakah as the tax on camels.
68 For details on the general understanding of zakah, see the article in the
Shorter Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1961, pp. 654ff.
69 See above pages 112ff, on taxation in general.

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1 Lorimer, Geogr., p. 1437.
2 See e.g. Thesiger, Arabian Sands, p. 249: "The Wahiba in the interior of
Oman own a famous breed, the Banal Farha, or The Daughters of Joy’,
and the Duru own the equally famous Banal al Hamra, or The
Daughters of the Red One’."
3 Many nomadic families of eastern Arabia do not have proper woven
tents but carry a few pieces of cloth which are made into some sort of
shelter with a few slicks or hung from an acacia bush.
4 Places such as Muqshin, inland and north of Dhufar, are rare in the
Arabian Peninsula. Mugshin is described by Bertram Thomas: “Wadi
Mugshin, surely the Prince of Wadis in all South-east Arabia. ... At its
eastern extremity (altitude about 400 feet) drinkable water comes to the
surface at 'Ain or 'Ainain. A considerable date grove growing wild and
unattended lines the banks of a marshy bed, and to the eastward is a
trough-like pond a few hundred yards long and some fifteen wide."
Arabia Felix, p. 139.
5 See Thesiger, Arabian Sands, p. 141, and the information given by Al
'Auf, his RashTdi guide, pp. 112-14.
6 Goatskins and goat-hair were more widely used among the nomads as
material for making articles for daily use.
7 For details, see Heard-Bey, Asian Affairs, 1974.
8 See Thesiger, Arabian Sands, p. 256, where he reports having shot some
on his way between al ’Ain and Sharjah.
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