'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎684] (739/1050)

HADHEAMAtT
MUSABEIN—
A wild semi-nomad tribe between the country of the Sherif of Behan, who has no in
fluence over them, and the Bal Harith tribe. Their headquarters are at Hagerah and
- they range east to the Ahl Karab country. They are nominally vassals of the Uppe?
Aulaki tribe, but are on bad terms with the Ahl Hamam, who frequently send small
raiding parties against them through the difficult sand dune country which surrounds
them. They are said to have 4,000 men.
OLEH—
The Oleh are a powerful confederation of tribes, descended from a chief Of that name,
in a district known as Dathineh, which, however, only occupies the centre of the confe
deration. Its limits are rather vague. The boundaries of the confederation are, on
the north Upper Aulaki, on the south the Markushi section of the Fadli Confederation^
on the east Lower Aulaki, and on the west and north-west the Audhillah, with whom
they have an hereditary feud.
They number about 3,000 fighting men of good material, but undisciplined and lacking
eohesion. They have no paramount chief, but Sheikh Al; ibn Alawi of the Elhin, who
claims descent from the common ancestor, Oleh, influences tribal policy to a certain
extent. He has the right to adjust disputes between any tribes of the confederation.
There are three main family divisions of the Oleh, their family names being at the
present time merely abstract titles denoting the branch from which each tribe was
originally descended. They are the Ahl Ba Lail, the Ahl Arman, and the Ahl Said.
The Ahl Ba Lail are the most numerous division, mustering"nearly 1,500 fighting mem
They occupy the south-eastern portion of the confederation and have a bad name for
raiding caravans, although such acts are by no means common. Their Akil is Awad
ibn Haidra of the Ahl Hanash. They are all nomadic and pastoral, but own a few
fortified villages and possess a little arable land.
The Ahl Arman number 700 men and are mountaineers, pastoral and semi-nomadic^
The Ahl Said dwell in the plain of Amudiyah and are^the richest and most civilised
portion of the confederation. They are agricultural, settled and trading.
OLEH CONFEDERATION—
Ahl Ba Lail. Akil, Awad ibn Heidrah of the Ahl Hanash.
Tribe.
Nos.
Sub-Tribe.
Eemakks.
Ahl Hanash. ,.
300
• #
S. of Haid el Hamrah, nearly to Heyd
Lamas.
Ahl Gadineh *,
300
tf •
S.W. of Ahl Hasanah between them and
Ba Kazim frontier.
Ahl Ba Koynashi
150
4 •
S< of Hanashi borders. Eastward of
Heyd Lamas.
Ahl Marumi
150
• 9
Between Heyd and Hamrah on N. Ha
nashi border.
Ahl Awaini
70
• •
Due S. of Gadineh, Ba Kazim on the E.J
Hanashi on the W., Ba Koynashi on the
S.
Ahl Mehwaei .,
100
• •
Range the N. and N. E. slopes of Jabal
Urais.