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

en. XXIV.] Shamniar Tribes. 189
Allies and Tributaries of the Shamniar, independent, for the
most part, of Turkish authority :
1. Zoba, a Bedouin tribe, owning camels and mares,
and carrying the lance. They occupy Southei-n
Mesopotamia as far as the junction of the rivers.
TKNT.S.
Their present Hhcykh is Zahir el Hamoud ... .0000
2. Haildadin, a pastoral tribe ; rich, peaceable, and
honest, owning few camels or mares. They are
entrusted by the fellahin of Mosul, Orfa and
Aleppo with sheep to pasture during the winter.
They occupy Upper Mesopotamia, north of the
Sinjar hills. Their Sheykh is of the family of
IbnWm-shan 2000
3. Tai, a pure Bedouin tril)e, formerly very powerful
in Upper Mesopotamia, and allied to the Tai of
Central Arabia. They o\vn camels and mares,
and carry the lance ; but are peaceable and rich.
They have numerous flocks of sheep. Their
present Sheykh, Abd er Rahman, is considered
of very nol^le family ... ... ... ... 1 000
4. Ghess, or Jess, a warlike tribe, but not of pure
Ai-ab blood. They own camels and mares, and
carry the lance ; occupying the extreme northwest
of Mesopotamia. Their Sheykh's name,
Abdullah
5. Alhu Hamid, a small semi-Bedouin tribe, occupying
the countiy between Jebel Hamrin and JcIk'I
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Sinjar. Their ' Sheykh, Feriian looO
6. Jibiiri, a rich fellahin tribe, owning no camels or
mares, and for the most part unarmed. They
occupy the Tigris above Tekrit, and the Kluibur,
where they pastm-e large herds of buffaloes and
cattle. They are hospitable to strangers, Ijut
take money for what they give 1 < >"(
7. Ajiiari,Q, smaller tribe, resembling the Jibm-i ... 1000