'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎487] (518/1050)

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regions are chiefly of this tribe. The numerous villages of the Salaiyil and Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Dawasir
divisions of the Widyan Dawasir district belong entirely to the settled Dawasir, whose
fellow tribesmen in Aflaj are owners of Badi', Haddar, Hamar, Kharfah, Lailah, Marwan,
Rajaijiyah, Raudhah, Shutbah, Wasit and Wusailah. The populations of Hautah town
and Hilwah in the Hautah district and of Hariq town in the Hariq district are partly
Dawasir, and the tribe is represented in Kharj both by settled villagers at Dilam, Sulai-
miyah and Yamamah and by Bedouins who encamp in the district. In 'Aridh, where
nomadic Dawasir also are seen, fixed Dawasir occur at Bir, Dqalah, Hasi, Jarinah, Mal-
ham, Safurrah and Thadiq in Mahmal; at 'Ammariyah, Dara'iyah, and Manfuhah on
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Hanifah ; and at Dhrumah town and Mizahmiyah in the Dhrumah tract: in Sadair
they are found at 'Audah, Ghat, Hasun, Jalajil, Ma'ashibah, Raudhah, Ruwaidhah, and
Zilfi, and in Washam at Marat. The settlements of the Dawasir scarcely extend further
north than Sadair, and in Qasim their presence is reported at Hatan, Huwailan, Quwai'ah
and Shamaslyah only. On the south-west their limit appears to be in the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Sabai'
district, where some exist at Hazam, Khurmah, Raudhah, Rumadan and Suwaiyid.
In Bahrain the Dawasir are the most numerous Sunni tribe after the 2 Utub, and are the
second of all the Bahrain tribes in political importance, being inferior in this respect to
the 'Utub only. The Dawasir of Bahrain are said to have immigrated from Najd, whence
they gradually moved eastwards and, after spending several years by the way on Zakh-
nuniyah island, finally arrived in Bahrain about 1845 under the leadership of the grand
father of their present Shaikh. They have now about 800 houses at Budaiya' and 200
at Zallaq, both places on the west side of Bahrain Island. About 300 households of the
tribe are settled at Dohah in Qatar and perhaps the same number in the town of Kuwait.
Offshoots from the Bahrain community of Dawasir exist in the Persian coast district
of Dashtistan at Chah Kutah and its dependent villages and at the village of Jazireh in
Bushehr harbour.
Divisions.—-ThQ principal divisions of the Dawasir tribe are said to be :
1. Braik (Al). 5. Riyayithat.
2. Hasan (Al). 6. Suhabah,
3. Makharib. an( j
4. Rijban. 7. Wida'in.
Some of these call for further remark or for minuter classification.
1. The Al Braik are possibly not a main division of the Dawasir; according to one
account they are included in a larger unit known as the Misa'irah, to which sections
Al Abul Hasan, Al Bu Sabba' and a group of sections known as Musarir also belong. Al
Braik are found at Nuwaimah, Al Abul Hasan at Quwaiz, and Al Bu Sabba' at Nazwah,
all places m Widyan Dawasir. Mu'addi-bin-Iqwaid, at present the chief Shaikh of the
Bedouin Dawasir of Central Arabia, himself belongs to the Misa'irah. The Hanabijah
of Bilad-al-Hanabijah in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Dawasir are Misa'irah ; so also are the Intaifat at Haddar
in Aflaj, the Al Rishdan at Ruwaisah in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Dawasir, the Sharafah at Sabhah and
Thamamiyah in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Dawasir, the 'Uwaidhat at Thamamiyah in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Dawasir and
the 'Uwaimir at Huwaizah in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Dawasir. Some of the Dawasir in Zilfi also are
Misa'irah.
2. The Al Hasan division consists of two sub-divisions, the 'Ammar and the Farjan,
which in turn are composed of the sections given in the table below. Numerically small
sections are distinguished by an asterisk, and in a few cases localities in which the sections
are known to be represented are specified.
'Ammdr sub-division of the Al Hasan,
A jab .
'Ajlan or 'Ajalin at Lailah
in Aflaj.
'Ali (I).
Batair.
Buras'or Al Abu Ras at Lai
lah in Aflaj.
Idghamah at Rajaijiyah
in
Imdhaikhar.
Ishkarah at Badi', Hamar
and Wusailah in Aflaj and
Darsah in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Dawasir.
They include two subsec
tions named Al Bu 'All
and Harathmah.
Ja'afar.
Nifal.
Nimshan.
Nishair.
Qainan.
Sa'ab.