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

1 88 Bedotmi Tribes of the Euphrates, [ch. xxiv.
Fellahin, at Sliergliat, and revised by Faris himself:—
SJiammar Tribes of Jlesopofamia, all jDure Bedouins, owning
camels and mares, and carrying the lance. They acknowledge
the authority of one supreme Sheykh, who is also Sheykh of
the Jerba, and is descended from their chieftain, Faris, who led
them from the Nejd in the 17th century. Their present chief
is Ferhan ibn Sftik ; but a portion of the tribe, perhaps one
fourth, has seceded from Ferhan, and lives under the rule of
his brother Faris. The Shammar of Mesopotamia are a branch
of the Shammar of Jebel Shammar, and still preserve relations
of consanguinity with these. They migrate north and south
according to the season, but do not go further south in winter
than the latitude of Ana. They exact tribute from the
smaller tribes of Mesopotamia, and are independent of Turkish
authority :
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