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tribes of the central west 07

Tribe. Sub-Tribe. I Clan.
Wifi/un
Masruh {continued):
; JaqhCtlhihah, in Qacloid
j JUTun,Thahabfm to Jiddah
// unud
Jerdj irah, SO men
m Near Khuleis
'‘Iznriih, SO men
Near Khuleis
Wildiyah. Near Khuleis
•• Jahadha, 100 men
In Towal
cUsldn, 100 men. From
Rabugh to Thahaban
i Zobeid in Mesopotamia. Aby Sultan
I between Muscyyi band lAlac[,( Shumamitah
j 9 hrs. E. of Hillali ' Abu Mohammed
i Abu H use in
Jeish
: Abu 1 Abdullah
I Wuld Salim :
Madwakh ibn Salim
'Auf S invalid >
Sehliyah
Lehabah, SO men
Jebel Gharan
Beni Sijrdn, 2,000 men
Jiddah
Haib. In Lebanon
Kand dir ah
Sa'din
Above Medina on Darb el-
Hajj
Quwivdd (half are Beni Salim) ;

7. The Ateibah

.• *• The ATEIBAH (‘Uteibah) are the most powerful tribe in Central
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- ••• :• V*. Arabia, strong in arms and great camel-breeders. Among all the
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nomads they are second in importance only to the Anazah. They
occupy the eastern side of the Hejaz with the volcanic han-ahs
between the Hajj road and the Central Arabian steppes. Their pas­
turages run east to Qaslm and Woshm, and south to the dlras of the
Cahtan, of the Buqum and Shalawah, and of the SebeiL This country
abounds in wells ; it has a regular if small rainfall in winter, and is
n"t wholly dry in early autumn, when it receives the end of the
nmnsnon rains. It supports large herds of sheep and camels, and in
places the grass grows so richly that the Bedouins gather a hay-crop ;
0 it where there is a low growth of acacias, and game is plentiful’.
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