'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎146v] (297/1278)

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BAN! LAM—
The BanI Lam countn^ proper is the plain between the Persian hills or
Pusht-i-KQh and the left bank of the Tigris river, from a point opposite
Shaikh Sa’ad down to ’Amarah town. In Arabistan the ordinary limit
of the tribe is the Karkheh river between Pa-i-Pul on the north and the
Hawizeh district on the south, but they sometimes range as far as the
Shaur river, especially below Khairabad. A detached colony of the
Lawaimi section even exists beyond the Karun, and there is another still
more distant at the village of Mlrbacheh in the Ramuz district.
Divisions and Numbers .—The Bani Lam consists of several sections,
which have not generally, it is said, separate habitats, but live interspersed.
On the side towards ’Arabistan the principal divisions of the tribe are the
following :—
Division.
Sub-division.
Habitat of sub-division.
Fighting
strength.
(
’Abdul Khan
’Abdul Khan
Towards thfe Karkheh
300
and even between
that river and the
Shaur, both above
and below Khairabad.
Do. .
’Aifan . . «
P
In ’Arabistan .
Not ascertain-
1 * * *
able.
Do. .
’Aqbah (Bani)
As for ’Abdul Khan .
400
Do. .
Banadil
Do.
100
Do. .
Ka’ab Bait ’Amir
Do.
1,500
Do. . . •
Maiyah
Do.
200
Do. .
Shawaih
Do.
200
Do. .
Zighaib
Do.
100
Baji (Al) .
In Dizfiil and Hawizeh
600
Khasraj .
’Abdullah
•
On right bank of the
150
Karkheh and west
wards.
Do. .
’Adhab
Do.
150
Do. .
’Alawinah
Do.
200
Do. .
’Anajid
’Anmar
Do.
100
Do. .
Do.
150
Do. . .
’Athuq
Do.
150
Do. .
’Awaidat
Do.
200
Do. .
Td (Al Bu) .
Do.
150
Do. .
Janadilah
Do.
200
Do. .
Lataif .
Do. . .
300
Do. .
Saiyad Al Bu)
.
Do.
• 100
Do. .
Saqur . .
Do.
200
Do. .
Wais (Al Bu)
Do.
200
Lawaimi .
. .
Detached in the Ah-
. • -300
waz district to the east
of the Karun.
. .i
Sarkhah .
Barais . . •
.
On the west of the
300
Karkheh crossing also
to the Shaur between
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Aiwan-i-Karkheh and
Shush.
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