"دليل الجزيرة العربية المجلد II" [‎١‎٥‎٤‎٣] (٦٨٨/٦٢٢)

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EABA' (Al BU)—
A section of settled 'Anazah {q. v.) found in Sadair, central Arabia.
RABAI'lYAH (Q asr-ar)—
A hamlet in Jabal Shammar {q. v.).
RABAIYA'—
One of the minor tribes which go to form the general body of the Bani Khadhir (a. v.)
of southern Xajd.
EABH (B ait-ak)—
A small post on the Hodaidah-Sana'a road in Yemen, nearly half-way between Suq-al-
Khamis and Sana'a.
RABI (Ar)—
A small village in Wadi-al-Jizi (q. v.), in the Western Ha jar district of the 'Oman
Sultanate.
RABl' (A ulad)—
One of the principal sections of the Bani Rasib [q. v.), of the Ja'alan district of the
'Oman Sultanate.
RABI' (B ani)—
A tribe mentioned in connection with the origin of the Baharinah (q. v.), of Bahrain
Hasa, Qatif, and Qatar.
RABI'A-AL-TAHAHIN—
One of the tribes of 'Asir {q. v.).
RABI'A MUQATRAH—
One of the tribes of 'Asir {q. v.).
RABI'A WA RUFAIDAH—•
A tribe of 'Asir [q. v.).
RABl'AH (BANI)—
A strong and well-to-do Arab tribe in 'Iraq.
The Bani Rabi 'ah are descendants of the powerful Rabi'ah group which with Mudhar
constituted the^ Northern Arab stock, the Arabs of middle Arabia as distinguished
liom those of \aman. Previous to the Muhammedan invasion the Rabi'ah had mi-
grated northwards and had given their name to one of the extreme northern provinces
of Mesopotamia. Their settlement in the 'Iraq may date from the same or even from
V f j J ea ' rll0r P eriod and there can be little doubt that few of the tribes between
Baghdad and the sea have an older title to the lands they occupy.
The tribe as constituted at present consists of four large divisions, the Amarah,
Maiyah, Maqasis and Sarraj, each of which is practically an independent group obeying
its own paramount Shnikh though the Amarah are considered the leading member
of the confederacy. Three of these 4 are of true Rabi 'ah origin, but one, tho
Maqasis, are Saiyids, tracing their lineage to one Said Muhammad al Muqasqas (so nick
named, according to tradition, on account of his hairy chost) who migrated from the Hijaz
< u ring the last days of the Abbasid Khalifate. He settled first on the Euphrates
Jftween Karbala and Hillah, moving over subsequently to the Tigris where he joined
the Rabi ah confederacy and intermarried with them. Most of the Maqasis wear the
green turban of the Saiyid by virtue of their origin.
Besides these four divisions, the hereditary Shaikhs of Kut are members of the Bait
i^aba family, a branch of the Al bu Badr section of the Maiyah. They have gathered