'Notes on the Bedouins and Wahabys Collected During his Travels in the East, by the Late John Lewis Burckhardt' [‎4v] (29/470)

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CLASSIFICATION OF
usually encamps in the desert eastward of the route from Da
mascus to Homs; the Hessenne are proverbial for bravery,
generosity, and hospitality. Their tribes are, el Shemsy, the
noblest of the Hessenne, (a Shemsy Arab is said to possess all
the virtues of a Nomade,) el Keddaba, el Aueymer, el Refdshe,
el Meheynat, el Hedjadj, el Sheraabe.
2. El Messaliekh, who follow the banners of Mehanna, and are
generally regarded as mercenaries, and who, though superior in
numbers to the Hessenne, join them in all their expeditions only
to partake of the chief’s liberality. Their tribes are, el Lehhe-
temy, Beni Reshoud, called also Beni Taleyhan, el Belsdn, and
el Semmelek.
The el Hessenne are said to have once formed but a single
tribe ; they then divided under two brothers. Both the Hessenne
and the Messaliekh take a tribute from the Basra and Baghdad
caravan, which passes the desert on its way to Aleppo or
Damascus; it amounts to about three shillings per camel load :
they likewise take tribute from the villages on that road.
III. El Raualla —also called el Djelaes —a powerful tribe pos
sessing more horses than any other of the Aeneze. In 1809 they
defeated a body of six thousand men sent against them by the
Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. of Baghdad. They generally occupy the desert from
Djehel Shammar towards the Djof, and thence towards the south
ern vicinity of the Hauran; but they frequently encamp between
the Tigris and Euphrates. Like the other Aenezes, they had for
many years refused the customary tribute to the Wahaby chief
whose religion they had embraced: their courageous opposition
to the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. of Baghdad caused a reconciliation between them
and Ibn Saoud. In July 1810 they accompanied the Wahabys
into the Hauran, and led Ibn Saoud to the most wealthy villages.
The Raualla every spring pay a visit to the tribe of Ibn Esmeyr,
to obtain, through his interference, permission from the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.