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are descended from Ashraf-al-Husaimyah, but their enemies call them Saiuba.
They pay but little attention to religion, and on the first day of Ramadhan choose
thirty young men, whom they dress in white and compel to fast for one day at some
appointed place, on behalf of the whole tribe. Having dCme this they have a feast, and
taunt the neighbouring nomads for their inability to rise to such heights of self-
sacrifice.
They are a united and conservative tribe, condemning those who smoke, and out of
contempt for foreign luxuries, eating only milk and meat. They live in straw-plaited
tents.
Their friends are the Bani Mughaid: their enemies, the Rijal-al-Ma', Shahran, Bani
Shi'ba and Naju'. The Turks have never been able to keep them in order, and their
attitude to the Idrissi depends entirely on his power to make them obey. 'Ali Ibn
Jabbar is their chief Shaikh, a man of 45 and a noted warrior. He is said to have the
tribe well in hand: he pays a nominal allegiance to the Idrissi, but will not allow him to
collect taxes.
{Auldd-Al Am Husairi),
Chief Shaikh : 'Ali Ibn Jabbar.
All nomads. 5,000 men. Clans are : -—
A1 Bawah, Muhammad Ibn Sa'ad" Buqjan.
Am Farahna. Mufarrih Ibn Musaibakh.
'Ali 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. . Mufarrih Mashaf.
A1 Shuka. Mufarrih Ibn Gharama.
A1 Musaibakh, Musa Ibn'Ghazama.
Ad Darajin. Muhammad Ibn Jarawash..
A1 Mughaidiyin. Mufarrih Ibn Muhammad.
Am Sharifiyin. Ha^an Abu Zahrah.
A1 Mughaidha. * Sa'ad Ibn Mihi.
A1 Mas'ud. Yahya Abu Hayya.
Al Mushni. Muhammad Ibn Juwai 'id.
A1 Arafin. Sa 'ad Ibn 'Abdullah.
Al Salim. Hasan Ibn Mas'ud».
RAISH (Ar).—
The Ar-Raish are to the north and north-east of Muhail, and are bounded on the north
by the Al Musa Ibn 'Ali and the Shahari section of the Bani Shihir, on the east by the
Bui Asmar, on the south by the Bani Thuwwa and Al Musa, and on the west by the
Al-ad-Duraib. Their southern boundary comes to within 5 miles of Muhail.
They are divided into two sections of Ar-Raish and Al-Mashwal, and number about
2,500 men. But although fairly numerous, they are cowardly and unwarlike, and are
classed in contempt with the Bani Malik, by the fighting tribes and round. They all
favour the Idrissi and pay him taxes. They tried to make a stand in 1912 against the
Sharif of Mecca, but were badly worsted and their country laid waste. They are
entirely sedentary and engaged in farming. The country is farily level, thickly wooded
and productive, with running streams in places. Their enemies are Bui Asmar
Bani Shihir, and Bui Ahmar ; their allies, the Baraq tribes, the Al Musa, Bani Thuwwa'
and the Bani Qutaba and Bani Dhalim of the Rijal-al-Ma'. An isolated colony own
the village of Mandar in the Bui Asmar, country and hold aloof from any hostilities which
take place between the two tribes. Their Shaikh Muhammad Ibn Murhar, has no
cause to love the Turks, who killed his son in 1910,
Ab-Raish . Chief Shaikh, Muhammad Ibn Muzhar. 1,500 men.
Chief villages: —
Al-Mandar. Ibn Dhihaib.
Qarn-al-Ma' Eajih.
Am Kadus. Sa'id Abu Alama.
Al-Minaidhir. 'Amr Ibn Hadim.
Al Hadhan. Muhammad Ibn Tali'.
Al Um Sha'tha'.
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