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KHAYDHAR (A L)—
A small settlement, with a fort and some wells of fair water, lying three miles to the
north-west of 'Ain Khuzrah {q. v.), in the Shamlyah desert, Northern Arabia, and 27 or
28 miles from Karbala.
KHAZl'II^-
A considerable Arab tribe in 'Iraq: their country stretches approximately from
Kufah to Samawah through the intervening marshes and includes a portion of the
adjoining Shamiyah Desert: the settled members of the tribe are chiefly in the Qadha of
Samawah. The Khaza'il are all Shi'ahs and are divided into Mu'allim, Al Bu Hasan and
Lamlum ; and one of their smaller sections is known as the Bani 'Aridh. They are
a strong and warlike body but not naturally pugnacious. Those who inhabit the desert
are horsemen and are well-mounted: those on the rivers and marshes depend for loco
motion, both in peace and war, upon their mashhufs or canoes. The agricultural parts
of the tribe cultivate rice, barley and wheat; sheep horses and camels also are bred by
the Khaza'il, and a considerable number of them are carriers and camel-dealers. A
large proportion even of the agricultural sections follow the desert life between January
and June. The Khaza'il levy khuwwah from the 'Anizah anl northern Shammar,
towards whom they are not well disposed, when camping in their territory.
The following is a conspectus of the tribe :—
Shall al, al
Salman al Dhahir
On the Shatt Hamidiyah
round Umm al Ba'rur
extending south almost
to Shinafiyah in the Bahr
Shinafiyah. Their head
quarters are pt Abu
Tibn. All cultivators
and sheep owners.
4,000 tents.
Sahan al Sha'lan
Camel owners, their dirah
is from Suhain near the
Shatt al Kar to Rufai'-
ah near Diwaniyah.
4,000 ,,
Muhammad al
'Abtan al Shat-
man.
At Hanrdiyah (Bahr Shin
afiyah near Umm
al Ba'rar) and at
Zamdah above Hami
diyah. Cultivators, and
sheep-owners. The Hum-
aid at the Kurd and the
'Awabid are under
Muhammad al 'Abtan.
The three Shaikhs,
Salman, Sahan and Mu
hammad are all from one
jidd, i .e., cousins.
6,000
Note .—The Khazail lands, according to Haji Sa'dlin the emissary of the Shaikhs, are chiefly at Rufal'ah on the
Shatt Hillah, Abu Tibn near Umm al Ba'rur and on the Euphrates between Shlnafiyah and Abu Sukhar
near Najaf. Their fellahin Arabic for ‘peasant’. It was used by British officials to refer to agricultural workers or to members of a social class employed primarily in agricultural labour. were Ma'dan. Sixteen years ago the Turks seized their properties and con
verted them Into Saniyah putting in the Fallah Arabic for ‘peasant’. It was used by British officials to refer to agricultural workers or to members of a social class employed primarily in agricultural labour. as cultivators. Fara'un, father of Mubdair, was placed
In charge.
The Shatt Hillah flowed for 2 years after the construction of the Hindivah dam, but at the beginning of
this month (end September 1916) one of the arches of the dam broke and from Hillah down-stream
there is now no water but well water. The Turks have undertaken to repair the dam. If they fail
to do so Sa'dun states that the tribes will break into active revolt. Muhammad Daghistani came to them
at the beginning of the war, distributed money and asked for 2,000 horses, but the Khazail refused to
comaly with this request.
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