'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎27r] (58/982)

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The following is a statement of the divisions of the tribes : —
Section.
Sub-section.
Location.
Fighting
strength.
Remarks.
Ka’b-ud-JDib-
bai.
Right bank of the
Shavur to the west
of Shush near Qar-
ieh Saiyid Tahir.
800, all with
rifles, of whom
50 are mounted.
This section is said to own 3,000
buffaloes, 4,000 cattle and
10,000 sheep and goats.
Bait Karim ..
Bait Karim or
Mauleh.
Husainieh, a tract
on the right bank
of the Diz, 7 miles
above 'Ajir-ub, ex
tending from the
Diz to the Shavur.
500, all with
rifles, of whom
300 are mount
ed.
This section takes its name from
one Mauleh who is a brother of
Shaikh Haidar; the other
name is generally pronounced
Charim or Jarim. Livestock
is 500 camels, 400 mules, a few
buffaloes, 1,000 cattle and
20,000 sheep and goats.
Ditto
Ma’alleh
Ditto
50, all with rifles,
of whom 30 are
mounted.
The ruling family of the Kathir
in old times were of this
section. They possess 30
camels, 140 mules, 100 cattle
and 1,500 sheep and goats.
Ditto
Mahmud
Right bank of the Diz
7 miles above Kut
‘ Abd-ush-Shah.
100, all mounted
and armed with
rifles.
Called after a Shaikh whose
father was paternal uncle of
Shaikh Haidar.
Ditto
Nasir (A1 Bu) ..
Husainieh
100, all with
rifles, of whom
30 are mounted.
The real A1 Bu Nasir were al
most exterminated 100 years
agu by Ghafil, grandfather of
Shaikh Haidar; the section is
now composed largely of out
siders who have become incor
porated with it. They own 40
camels, 100 mules, 200 cattle
and 2,000 sheep and goats.
Khaltaq (mis
cellaneous
dependents.)
Bakhaitat
Left bank of the Diz
between Shureh and
’Ajirub.
100, all with
rifles, but none
mounted.
150 buffaloes, 200 cattle and
2,000 sheep and goats. The
Bakhaitat are attached to the
Dailam sub-section below.
Ditto ..
Dailam
Ditto
300, all with
rifles, but none
mounted.
600 buffaloes, 2,000 cattle and
2,000 sheep and goats. They
are supposed to be of the same
stock as the similarly named
section of the ’Anafijeh.
Ditto ..
Dhabbeh
Left bank of the Diz,
above and close to
Kut ’ Abd-ush-Sbah.
150, all with
rifles, but none
mounted.
Own 200 buffaloes, 400 cattle
and 3,000 sheep and goats.
They are attached to the
Dailam sub-section above.
Ditto
Mahur
Husainieh
100, all with
rifles, of whom
60 are mounted.
These are really a division of
the Sarkheh of the Bani Lam,
but at present they hold land
under Snaikli Haidar of the
Kathir, pay revenue through
him and are attached to the
Bait Karim. At times they
have lived under the protection
of Haidar’s rival Farhan Asad.
They own 100 camels, 100
cattle and 400 sheep and goats.
Ditto
Sa’abireh
With the Dailam
sub-section above.
100, all with
rifles, but none
mounted.
The Sa’abireh are attached to
the Dailam sub-section above.
They own 100 buffaloes, 200
cattle and 3,000 sheep and
goats.
Besides the above, or, perhaps, included in them, is said to be a section,
called A1 Bu Nassi, wholive atHaddamehon the Diz and have 300 rifles.
The whole tribe may be estimated at 700 souls, of whom perhaps not
more than 1,000 have a fixed residence.
The senior member of the Ma’alleh section formerly commanded the
obedience of the whole tribe; but at the present time, two rival Shaikhs
divide the Kathir between them.