Bedouin Tribes of the Euphrates Vol 2 - The Search For Mecca

84 Bedoinn Tribes of the Euphrates, [en. xix.
auxious about the Roala war, ayIiicIi,
Sebaa, he is
as Akid of the
obliged to cany on, against his private
wishes and his better judgment, and which it seems
is not going on so satisfactorily as might be wished.
He married his daughter Turkya last year to Ibn
Shaalan, the Roala Slieykh, and although she has
quarreled with her husband he seems to consider
Sotamm as a relation. He has no blood feud or
private quarrel with any of the Roala. The cause
of his leaving us to-day was the marriage feast,
which it is customary for the bride's father to give
to the bridegroom on the third day after the wedding.
A young camel is then killed, and all the relations
are invited. Jedaan's new father-in-law belon