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TRIBE OF THE CENTRAL WEST 71

Eor purposes of internal administration the tribe is divided into
two parts, the one under Mohammed ibn Sa'id, tlie other under
Mohammed ibn Hanesh. The former is faithful to the Sherif of
Mecca. Sheikh Mohammed ibn Hanash, who rules over the
Al Munlf or Munlflyah, dislikes the Sherif, owing to his habit of
commandeering camels whenever his followers go to Mecca, and
therefore keeps chiefly to Sa'diyah and the coast. He has made over­
tures to Iclrlsi, but is too far off and too weak to do more than sympa­
thize with him. He was neutral during the Turco-Sherifian expedition
in 1910, and removed his tribe into the inaccessible mountains.
The two chief Sheikhs are on good terms with each other and the
sub-tribes freely intermingle. They are friendly towards the Dhawi
Hasan and Beni Fahani, but inimical to the Harb. The Ateibah,
though distant, raid them when the}- stray too far east. The
Hud|ieil and they are of one origin and arc on terms of the closest
friendship. O
Thi Juhadlah are hospitable to strangers, but they have little
religion and seldom go on the Pilgrimage. In person they are taller
than most Arabs, wear their hair short, and are dressed in a red
‘ tob ’ (thub) which reaches from the waist to the’knee, the end
being thrown over the left shoulder.
(i) Chief Sheikh, Mohammed ibn Sa;Id.

Sub-tribes: ‘Alyanlyak, Skeiniyak, Hershiyah, Jamskiyak, Thalbanlyak,
Kasnanlyak, Jirsluyak.
(ii) Chief Sheikh, Mohammed ibn Hanash.

(1) Al Munlf, of wkich the ckief subdivisions arc :
Al es-Sikim. Mokammed es-Sultan.
Al Madathir. Husein ibn Huncisk.
Beni Bur. Mas'fid ibn Mokammed.
Al Yam. Mokammed ibn Muhsin
• Al Zahein. Mizkar ibn Sikman.
> (’2) Hijrlyak, of wkick tke ckief subdivision is :
A l Fa ham. Haidar ibn Huneish.
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(fl) The Al Mahdi are a small semi-nomad tribe near Llth, who make !
t heir living chiefly as fishermen. They are a poor and down-trodden
people, thoroughly awed by their powerful neighbours the Dhawi
ro!-n' ^ey cl° not number more than 200 souls.
Chief Sheikh, Mohammed ibn Qaslm.
l Chief Clans: EUMujeiskak. =

Al Hasan. A limed ibn Masludah.
Ibn Akmcd er-Rideini.

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