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ADEN
Their villages include—
(1) Al-Batall (near Al-Kara). (8) Janika.
(2) Batali-ul-Jabal. . (9) Al-Khadra.
(3) Sha'b-ul-Yahud. (io) Tullub.
S!! ^ s_sa ' 1 " d - (11) Ji-Kobaba.
5) Hamuma. (12) Ji-Hama.
(6) As-Siyal-Ahl-Zakih. (13) Al-Milras.
(7) Siya- ul-'Ila. (14) Qaryat-ul-Ahl-Na£faj.
The total population of the Yazidi is about 2,000 and their fighting men 600, these
figures being exclusive of the Naqibi. 6 '
Their head Shaikh resides at 'Ali Khadra.
The important section of the Yazidi called the Nakibi is sometimes considered as a
clan in itself, and its origin is Kasadi, the tribe who formerly ruled in Mukalla.
The following are Naqibi villages
W Hanakat-Dhi-Naqib. (4) Bani-'s-Siyal.
2 Madik. (5) Humlmma.
(3) Rahwah. (6) Mudedha.
(7) Al-Arakah.
All the above 7 villages are situated in Sailat-Dhi-Naqib.
I he Naqibi can muster about 400 fighting men.
ZAIDIN:—-
The Zaidin are a small tribe north of the DubainT ncir fhp TTuKofT ^ t. •
settled and half settled tribes
ABDALI—
The Ottoman attack on Aden in July 1915 resulted in the occunatior, nf a,.,, ,
country by the Turks, the fall and sack of Lahej, its capital the death of ihf i-''
Sultan and the retreat of most of his subjects to the_Aden lines ' ruling
A<ten eVi Its bou^daries^xtended^bout ^^miles ^rdand 1 10°t^e'Si round
H held t^e Sulta r te 0n the EaSt ' and th " ® n baitu the West!" ITormer^v
h Id the Aden peninsula until an outrage perpetrated on a shipwrecked crew anrl fV.P
absence of any satisfaction, led to the British bombardment and^ecupation ollden L
The Sultan of Lahej, who is the head of the Abdali, still receives venrl,, «. -,1
from the British Government for its occupation of the town of Sheikh Othman am!
kases to it a large area of land in the neck of the isthmus. The present SuhS A
Kanm ibn Fadl ibn Ah,-is a man of about 53, of sedentary habits who has nn'
thpT'ff S 0Wn no . " iar ' i;e< ^ ability. He succeeded his nephew on Julv 13th ]9| 5 when
the latter was accidentally shot during the Ottoman occupatTon of lahej '
TrlI >e owes its importance more to its wealth than to its military prowess It is
entirely settled and agricultural with the exception of the AM Ban who ^-e chidflv
pastoral, but have arable land westwards in Abyan near the Fadli Sulanate.
. 'S 1 ® late ' Su }t an ° f controlled the first stage of the main caravan road from Aden
J." up the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Tiban and maintained armed and fortified posts at Zaida Shaka
and Anad. He also had a customs post for the Aden traffic at Bar el Amir He was
then able to put into the field about 2,000 men, who were of doubtful fighting value but