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

1 90 Bedouin Tribes of the Euphrates, [ch. xxiv.
TENTS.
8. Jcrtfa, a pastoral tribe on the Euphrates, near
E,owa, in part fellahin ... ... ... ... 500
9. Buggura, like the Jerifa, but further north ... 800
The followiDg is a list of the Anazeh tribes in
the geographical order of their summer quarters from
North to South.
Anazeh Tribes of Nortiiem Arahia, all of them pure Bedouins,
owning camels and mares, and carrymg the lance.
They exact
tribute from the small tribes west of the Euplirates, and are
independent of Turkish authority. They omti no supreme
Sheykh, and are often at war mth each other. Their range is
from Aleppo in the north, to Jebel Shammar in the south.
1. Feddan, the most warlike tribe of the desert; a
rough, nncivilized people, owning few camels
and few breeding-mares, and depending for these
mainly upon plunder. They are divided into
the following sections, each under its own
Sheykli :
TENTS.
Melied. Sheykh, Jedaan 1000
Shmeyldt 1000
Ajajera 1000
Kltrgssa. Naif ibn Keshish 1000
N. B.—There arc two families of the Fedaan, Ibn Sbeni
and Abu Snun, who are rich, and possess many mares. They
take no part in the wars of their tribe, paying instead a tax to
the tribe.
2. SeMa. Wealthy in camels and mares, of which
last they possess by far the best in Arabia. They
are a Avell-bred, courteous people ; hospitable and
honest. They fight only in self-defence. They