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ATIFI—•
The Atifi proper do not appear to number more than about 60 men, although their
tribal limits extend south of the Buraimi from near Umm Fajra to Hawairib and the little
group of Turan villages, their only fixed habitation, and along the coast from the Bar-
haimi border to Kuddam, north of Dubab. With the exception of a well about a mile
east of Nubat Sayyaila (Sayyaila well is dry) and a little cultivation near it, the whole
of the southern portion is desert. Turan itself contains three fair wells and a stream,
Ghail Hazaruf, not far up the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Turan, and there is some cultivation near the villages.
The Busaili, a small clan of Saiyids, live with the Atifi, at Turan.
There are several clans living in Atifi territory to the north and along the coast.
Of these the Mahuwali or Huraibi are nomads who inhabit the neighbourhood of the
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Hurrim and the Sanfa range to the north-west. There is no cultivatipn in the
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Hurrim except at Umm Nabia but water is plentiful at intervals in spring pools
the most abundant being at Ghail Kulaita, where the track from Ras-ul-Ara to Karaba
in the Haiki country, strikes the Hurrim. 300 men and 400 camels were watered
there in May before the rains, and produced no apparent diminution of the supply The
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Hurrim is enclosed by steep rocky banks for most of its course and below Ghail
Kulaita is very difficult for transport.
The Makhaya and the Bani Fatah inhabit the lower part of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Hurrim
where it issues from the hills, near the hamlet of Umm Nabia, which consists of one stone
tower and a few karbi huts with a few acres of cultivation. There is a good well and
springs in the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Hurrim about 2 miles above the hamlet. The Bani Fatah who are
Sufis, also own the wells of 'Uzzaf and Sukaya on the coast. They own a few riding
camels and flocks of sheep and goats, with which they wander in search of pasture.
The Jarthati live near J. Wusid and J. Kharaz. About 2 miles north of J Wusid
is a narrow gorge, Ghail Barbar, containing a perennial rivulet, which fills a masonry
tank in good repair, of a capacity of about 5,000 gallons, once in 12 hours There is
a tower and a little cultivation, irrigated by this tank, a little below it. A fair well—
Hisi Fara—exists about 2J miles off, just to the south of J. Wusid. The Boundary
Commission and supporting column, some 800 men and 500 animals in all, were camped
for two days at Ghail Barbar, and good water was procured in sufficient quantity with
reasonable economy from the spring and well.
A wing of a Native Infantry regiment camped there for several weeks and obtained
miles^south^of ^ ^ cultivation ^ at Ad-Didia a few
Throughout the Atifi country, the men, in the proportion of about 2 out of 3 were
armed w'th breech-loaders, the remainder carrying spears or swords. They anneared
perfectly peaceful and well disposed, and under normal circumstanced, a smdl esSrt ol
ten to twenty sowars would probably be sufficient.
The tribes enumerated above include practically all the Subaihi clans of any importance
with the exception of the Barhemi, who inhabit the sea-coast, east of Jabal Kharaz and
who are from all accounts a fairly well behaved section, nomads for the most part and
the Rijai of Am Rija numbering about 70 men. P '
'AULAKI—
ernecf by a^fade^ndent^uHSn?^ 0 The Lfeper^Auhfki^are Yea'n 1 iVT/' eaCh g0V *
wider the Sultan and part under a Shaikh, who is almost as powerful ^ ^
ar^^oi^the ea^b^th^coratr^of'anindependrat'tribe'cail^d'Kl^ Tf 16 ^
The capital is Nusab which is situated on an immense plain.
> a i t ^J > ? er Shaikh s territory is bounded on the north bv tW tt. tt
Aulaki Sultan, on the south by the Lower 'Aulakis on the east tT , of ^ U PP er
of Al-Khanak, and on the weft by the Fadhli country ftTaren ^Pffent tribe
square miles. country. Its area is estimated at 1,600
The Lower 'Aulaki territory is bounded on the north by Upper 'Aulat? , vn n j
Hajar-ur-Rayyan defin.ng the limit. On the south it eiend^t^st Keen