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992
KAA—KAB
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Section.
Habitat.
Approximate
number
of souls.
Remarks.
Sawalim
Shwaihiyin
Nawai-i
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Shwaihah and
Shibakah in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Qahfi.
300
1,000
Settled.
Mostly nomads, A sub
section of this section,
known as Hibnat, are
found at the village of
Shibakah.
Yidhwah (Ahl)
The villages of Maha
dhah and Kaha-l and
Sharam in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Khadhra.
600
Settled.
Zahairat
Mahadhah village and
Nawai-i.
300
Do.
Bani Ka'ab are touna aoout tne neau ui vvc^i-cvi-^x , -
at Hadaf in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Hatta and at Hasaifln, Sur-al-'Abri and Tara.f m the L ™ a Se
at Sohar They probably number about 6,000 souls in I rucial Oman and
'Oman Sultanate. The chief Shaikh of the tribe, at the present time Salim-bin-Diyain,
belongs to the Mizahamiyin section and resides at Mahadhah village. ^
KA'AB—
One of the quarters of Rumaidhah town {q. v.).
KA'AB AH— i
A spring in the Qatif Oasis {q. v.), in Eastern Arabia.
KA'AB AN
Singular Ka'abi. A small tribe of Bahrain and Qatar who regard Ka'ab-al-Habar,
a companion of the prophet Muhammad, as their ancestor and claim tribal connection with
the Ka'ab of Persian 'Arabistan and the Bani Ka'ab of Trucial 'Oman. About 60
nomad families of Ka'aban belong to Qatar ; 30 other nomad families wander in the
neighbourhood of Jabal-ad-Dukhan in Bahrain ; and 30 families, employed in the pearl
fisheries, are settled at Jasairah on Bahrain Island. In religion the Ka'aban are Maliki
Sunnis. They are said to have accompanied the 'Utub from Qatar to Bahrain, but their
earlier movements are untraceable.
KA'ABARAH—
See Manasir tribe, A1 Bu Mindhir section.
KA'ABENY (A rab-al)—
See Humaidat.
KA'ABUM—
A tract in the Hindiyah Qadha {q.v.) in 'Iraq.
KAB AID AH—
A village in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. 'Abailah, one of the tributaries of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-Jizi {q. v.), in the Sultanate
of 'Oman.
KABAIDAH—
A ridge, in the Kuwait Principality, lying to the south of Kabd {q. v.).
KABlSH (A bul)—
A village, but without permanent inhabitants, in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Hanifah {q. v.), in Nejd.