"كتيب الحجاز. أعده المكتب العربي في القاهرة." [‎١‎٠] (١٩٨/٢٤)

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sharing each other's diras, and ranging all Midian, as well
as " Petrsea " from Ma'an down to Dar el-.Hamra on the
Hejaz railway. The former spread down the coast of the
Akaba G ulf and south as far as Dhabah; the latter range
chiefly inland, on the Hismah and northward. The Huweitat
are, probably, more numerous. The southern limit of the
Atiyah is the upland Jau plain, through which runs the
Wejh—Tebuk track. Some small Sinai tic clans also enter
Midian from the north-west; the Sherarat impinge on it
to some extent from north-east, and small groups of Huteim
camp in it; but properly, it is ' Atiyah country.
Immediately south of Midian range the Moahib, a very
small tribe, and the Billi. The former are inland, in the
southern 'Aweiridh harrah country, north of Meda/in Salih
and el- Ala; the latter range from the coast north of,
and abo\it, Wejh, where their paramount chief resides, up
to within a few miles of the Hejaz railway (Meda'in
Salih to Hadiyah) where the Aida and Fuqara {southern
Anezah) begin. The Billi appear to be more numerous
than was formerly supposed. They are more united than
most other tribes.
Next in order on the coast come the Juheinah, a large
and numerous tribe which includes more settled and
half-settled elements, and therefore has shown more sub
servience to Ottoman authority than most ITejaz tribes.
Its paramount chief lives at or near Yambo'. It contains
a considerable sherifial (ashraf) element, and its chief is
a sherif. As in the ca.se of the Billi, the rights of the
Juheinah extend up to the Hejaz railway (Hadiyah to
neai Medina), but are often violated by their perpetual
enemies, the Harb and the Fuqara (Fejr).
The Harb, the first to be encountered of the greatest
western tribes, hold the whole central part of Hejaz, and
one section, the Zobeid, not only occupies the coast from
\ ambo to Serom below Jiddah, but reappears in strength
further south, below Lith. The main body of the Harb
{Bern Salim, Masruh , Bern <Amr, and <Auf sections) lies
f.O.R,