'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1098] (141/688)

1098
LAM
These sections are to a certain extent at enmity with each other and again within the
sections there are hostile elements.
L Bait Madhkur.
Principal Shaikhs.
(а) Shabib ibn Mizban.
(б) Ghadkban ibn Bunaiyah.
(c) Juwi ibn Lazim.
{d) Chitab ibn Said.
{a) Shahib is in occupation of lands on left bank from 'Amarah to the Nahr Sa'ad,
twenty miles above 'Amarak. He is the senior member of the Bani Lam tribe and,
though with little power in men, exercises much influence over other sections with
which he happens to be on good terms.
Ho has been at all times friendly to the British. He is a violent enemy of Ghadhban
ibn Bunaiyah and would go to any extreme to see the latter out of favour. Strength
about 200 horsemen and 1,000 footmen. His camp is opposite the Butairah canal
•during most of the year, but in the spring he lives at a fort five miles inland on the edge
of the marsh.
(6) Ghadhban is the most powerful member of the tribe. He was a perpetual thorn
in the flesh of the Turks who could do nothing with him. At the time of our entry
into Mesopotamia however he offered the Turks his services in return for certain lands.
After the fall of 'Amarah he came in, and remained staunch for a time, but in July 1915,
on the advance of the Turks towards 'Amarah, he went over to them with his following
of about 6,000 men. His lands were taken away and given to Juwi ibn Lazim. In Decem
ber 1916 he again made overtures and on certain conditions he was allowed to come in.
He is now, with a much decreased following and with his prestige diminished, in the
neighbourhood of the Duwairij river on the Persian Frontier. His brother Bilasim
is at enmity with him. He lives, with a small following, five miles below Ali Gharbi
on the left bank. Another brother, Falih, with a following of 150 horsemen and 300 foot,
owns lands on left bank of the Musharrah canal eight miles east of 'Amarah. Ghadhban'a
following at present is 700 horsemen and 1,000 footmen.
(c) Juwi ibn Lazim occupies the lands formerly belonging to Ghadhban extending
along the left bank from Nahr Sa'ad, twenty miles above 'Amarah, to the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. , ten
miles above Shaikh Sa'ad. From the time of our occupation of 'Amarah, except for a
brief period when the Turks were camped close to him, his conduct has been irrepproach-
able and his worst enemy has never suggested that he has had dealings with the Turks.
A violent enemy of Ghadhban and also of Fahad of Bait Arar. He lives usually at
Guraishah about ten miles below Ali 'Gharbi, strength .500 horsemen, 1,000 footmen.
(5?) Chitab ibn Said owned part share of lands known as Ghuraibah on left bank of Tig"
ris in the neighbourhood of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. and Suwaichah march. He came in at the time of
the first advance to Kut, but the day before the battle of Sinn assisted to loot and bum
supply mahailas in the Line of Communications. After this he joined the Turks His
camp was raided and burnt by us in March 1916. Has a small foUowing of about 100
2. Bait 'Ali Khan.
A smafl section of whom the Shaikh is Yaqub ibn Yusuf. He owns part share in lands
of Ghuraibah in neighbourhood of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. in company with Chitab {vide). He made
T bai T ji S il ' was for ced to join the Turks. A following of about 100 men.
J?- i e + Ctl0 M 18 ^ occu P at i 0 i n of the lands on the right bank of the Tigris from Shuwaimi-
yah eight miles above Ah Gharbi, to Umm-al-'Uruq ten mile,? above Shaikh Sa'ad At
the time of our first advance the Shaikh was Alwan ibn Fulaiyah He came in but
immediately before the battle of Sinn assisted a raiding party of Turkish Tvlw to
destroy supply mahailas at Shaikh Sa^ad. For this he L Q j , cavalry to
cousins 'Hasan and Nasir ibn Umaivah were in a , outl <™ed and two of his
lands inhabited by this section are perpe'tually disturbed anTthHr b TUrkS " ^
follow the Turks or British as the spirit moves them n. tribesmen a PP ear to
Umaiyah 15 miles above Ali Gharbi Following of'9on V. 7 at Bait
Bait Arar , An important section,- JthS WWFahTdln M T-
m occupation of the land, extending along the right bank of the Tigri Dujaflah