'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎746] (801/1050)

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HAEB
Some of them are 4c pithless day-sleepers and coffee-drinkers" ; some are ultra-
religuous ; others on the contrary are unable to say their prayers, and not all keep Ram-
dhan. Some of the Bani 'Ali pitch their tents in a circle and keep their animals in the
middle, an unusual form of camp among the Bedouins of Central Arabia. The ruling
family of the whole Masruh division belong to a sub-section of the KarashTf called Furom,
Bani * Arm sub-division of the Masruh.
'Atur. Sha'afin.
Bidarln. Shiddah.
Ghiyadln. and
Sha'ab. Sillah.
Bani-as-Safar sub-division of the Masruh.
'Auf, Makhallaf.
Faridah. Wahob.
The 'Auf are reputed robbers, especially of pilgrims, but in reality only part of the
section engage in enfarious practices.
The sub-divisions of the Bani Salim are two only, the Maimun and the Mizainah. The
Salim appear to be as a rule honest, kindly, hospitable, and, for Bedouins, well clad.
Their sections are :—*
Maimun sub-division of Bani Salim.
Ahamidah. Salaim (Aulad).
Gharban, Wasadah
Hanishah. and
Jimlah. Zighaibat.
Maizainah sub-division of the Bani Salim.
'Araimat. HawamiL
Bishariyah. Hawazim.
Dhawahirah. Husnan.
Hananiyah. Kahaitah.
Of these the 'Araimat have no camels, but only sheep ,' and the Hawazim,f wno are
perhaps not true Harb, are taunted by their enemies with being Saluba or Hataim, and
are sometimes described as Ibadhi in religion like the tribes of the 'Oman Sultanate.
Leachman says that the Hawazim are not Harb but are of the nature of Salaib {q. v).
The settled Harb of Zilfi are said to belong to a section called Bani Hammad.
The numbers of the Harb are difficult to estimate, but those in Najd may be placed at
about 3,500 souls.
Livelihood and character. —The Harb are camel and sheep-owners ; their camels are
nearly all swarthy or black, and some of their sheep are black also. A number of the
tribe are professional robbers and highwaymen, and others acts as escorts to pilgrims
caravans passing through their country. In complexion the Harb are extremely dark,
but they have the features of true Arabs. In religion they are Hanbali Sunnis ; in
character and disposition they seem to vary considerably from section to section ; many
of the poorer Harb live among the Hataim, but they abstain from intermarriage with
them. The Harb are not as yet a well-armed tribe ; their weapons are still for the most
part muzzle-loading guns, flint-locks and spears ; such rifles as they possess have been
imported through Yanb5 on the Red Sea.
Political position. —As the greater part of their territory and nearly all their immov
able property are in Hijar, where they have a number of fixed villages, the political rela
tions of the Harb with the Turks are necessarily close. The Bani Salim division and the
Bani 'Amr sub-division are subsidised by the Turkish Government in consideration of
their keeping Open the various pilgrim routes through the Harb Dirah but the susbidy
is really paid by the pilgrims in the form of tolls collected at Makkah by the Turkish
authorities on behalf of the Harb. The Damascus Haj j is severely taxed for this purpose,
that from Hail less so, the Qaslm Hajj escapes still more cheaply, and that from Riyadh
is altogether exempt. The Harb who live in Najd beyond effective Turkish jurisdic
tion were in the beginning tributaries of the Wahhabi ; but in 1864 they allied themselves
to the Ataibah, then hostile to Ibn Sa'ud. In 1878 they were subject to taxation by
Ibn Rashid and used to be periodically collected by his order at Samirah for military
an revenue purposes. They have lately returned to their original allegiance and
♦Doughty's account differg considerably from this (II 512)
ISee the footnote to the article on the A wazim.