'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎876] (937/1050)

876
'IRAQ
dC.
Tribe.
Location.
R emarks.
Hashim (Bani)
Hassan (Al Bu) .
Husain {Al Bu or
Bani).
Ibrahim (Al)
'Id an
Jabur
In the Hai Qadha in the
neighbourhood of Qal'at
Sikar.
In the Qadha of SamiH-
wah.
In the Qadha of Piwanf-
yah.
In the Shamiyah Qadha,
especially about Ja'arah.
On both banks of the
Shatt^al«Arab, especial
ly on the right bank
immediately below Bas
rah Town, and upon
'Ajair^wiyah Island.
Their distribution is ex
plained in the article on
the Zubaid tribe.
A small tribe allied to the Muntafik.
One account, which is not confirmed,
says that they are identified with
the section of the Quraish of which
the prophet Muhammad oame and
are honoured as Saiyids. It has also
been stated that they are found in
many places throughout Turkish 'Iraq,
but in this perhaps there is some
confusion with the Bani Hakim or
Hachaim above.
The Al Bu Hassan are a large settled
Shi'ah tribe comprising, among others,
these sections:—'Abbas, Al Bu
Ainain, Jalabitah, Khamis and
Suhur.
These may perhaps be regarded as
belonging to the Aqra 1 group above.
They live in tents and keep sheep.
They have no horses, but they have
many canoes and are fairly well armed.
They are a settled tribe. Some say
that the Bani Sadd on the Shatt^al-
Hindiyah are Bani Husain,
The Al Ibrahim are Shi'ahs and are
supposed to number about 4,000
souls. They live in tents and huts
and cultivate rice and pulse and breed
cattle. They have about 300 horses.
They may be a section of the Al
Shibil below.
See article 'Idan.
It seems preferable to class the Jabur
as a double section of the Zubaid
the article on which tribe may be
consulted. But some authorities
regard them as a distinct tribe, divid
ed into two sections which are now
unconnected with one another;
viz., the Jabur*al-Wawi of the Euph
rates valley, who are all Shi'ahs,
and the Jabur of the Tigris side,
who are Sunnis.