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$haikJi. —Ah mad Dami. t
Villages, —Al-Bilais, Ijla, Marub, Hadara.
(Kawim-ul-Fajm is a small district between Harib and Baihan-ul-Kasab. Thev
have no connection with Baida, and follow the Musabain.)
Maljaml. —A dependency of the Sultan of^Baida, to whom it pays tribute, is a large
■district, level and fertile, and watered by numerous wells. The people own many
^camels, cattle, and goats. •
The tribe is divided into 8 clans with a total fighting strength of 800 men. There
are no Shaikhs, properly speaking, but each Ban is headed by an 'Akil, who is respon
sible to the Sultan of Baida.
Clans. —1. Ahl-ul-Rashada. 50 men.
Villages. —Rashid Huttan. Al-Jarub. JELurrir.
2. Ahl-Rahaish. 30 men.
Village. —Madaran.
3. Ahl Hamil. 150 men.
Villages.—SsbTawily Munkhur, Al-Mahajaba 'TJsaila, Kaka, Al-Kowa, Rahban.
4. Ahl SaM. 120 men.
Villages. —Dhi Khair, Wasat, Kusaimi, Shab Saulan.
-5. Ahl Abu Tag. 50 men.
Village.- —Shab Halwa.
6. Ahl Ghasham. 4200 men.
^ 7. Ahl Ghailan. 20 men.
Village. —Razaeka-ul-Ghailani.
8. Ahl Mansur. 140 men.
Villages. —Darib-ibn-Eyash, Muharaka, As-Shurba, Ash-Sharj, Hadwan, Shab-ul-
^Malaha.
By some accounts the three principle clans are the Ahl Muftah, the Ahl Ghasham
and the AH Mansur, among which the smaller ^clans enumerated above are included.
The Bani Mur. —North of Maljami are a small clan of 50 men connected with the
JMaljami. They pay no tribute.
Villages. —Fahaili, Barkan, Kabaish, Aukaba.
Suwadl is to some extent a dependency of Baida. It does not appear, however,
that they pay tribute. The fighting strength of the tribe is about 250 men ; their occupa-
•tion, weavers, cultivators, and heidsmen. A certain proportion are nomads.
The country is level and fertile, and weUs are plentiful.
Some 16 years ago a Turkish force camped in Suwadi (on the occasion of their beheading
the 15 Shaikhs), but it does not appear that they have ever revisited the countrv
Clans.—Ahl Hasan, Ahl SaKm, Ahl Khadr,
Villages. A1 Khoa, Karia, Dahba, Al-Mahnak, Ad-Daik, Al-Ajrad, Qaryet Saleam,
Kafasan, Al-Jahadir, Al-Khidashi, Al-Ghirus, Hinshan, Qaryat, Ahl-Salih, Jiwal, Shida^
«Shomri, Kabwa, and various tent settlements.
Awadi.—Hhv .last of the tribes, who can now be counted as under the influence of
Baida, are a small clan, probably numbering 100 men all told. They are divided into
the following sections which live scattered among the districts of Hauran and Karan
Sections. —Awadi Juraibat, Awadi Radmani, Awadi Makhlak, Awadi AghwaL
■Juraibai. —No villages. Nomads inhabiting tents.
iRadman. —Al-Habil and Al-Hajar.
MaJchlak.—Villages, As-Sauda and Ai-Wa 1 il.
BAIHAN-UL-KASAB—
Baihan-ul-Kasab is an independent country bounded on the north by the countrv of
Harib, on the west by Jerabat, a district of Karn, on the east by a desert tract called Bal
Harith, and on the south by Al-Malajim and Baihan-ud-Daula, which is under Baida.
The capital, is Suq-ul-Kasab, on the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Baihan. The houses are built of mud bricks,
BAIHAN-UL-KASAB {And other independent Tribes)—*
A large tract under the Ashraf rulers containing the large city of Suq-ul-Kasab
The tribe inhabiting the country are the Musabain, who appear to com prise *tba
inhabitants of Suq-ul-Kasab itself, P
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