Abbas Muhammad, an Arab tribe in the marshe N. of Kuruah and the banks of the Tigris,' as fa as the Hud stream. They rear buffaloes ; ar neither courteous nor brave.
Al bu Deraj, a tribe of 500 tents, wander:Le tween the Tigris and Euphrates, S.E. of the E Ashair Beni Laant tribe occupy both the Tigris, from the Hye river to the Hud, at have about 4500 tents. They are proud, and d not marry their daughters into other tribes ; whei pressed by the Government, they migrate int( Persian territory. They could, if united, brim 15,000 horsemen into the field.
Ashereh Kut al Antarell is a small Bedouin family on both banks of the Tigris, around thi Hye stream. They have about 60 guns and a fey flocks. They are chiefly guides, and are quiet an( useful.
Al Deriya, Al Mayoof, and Al Mariyan an great pastoral families S.E. of the Hye. They di not cultivate.
Al Hawk! Bedouins have 300 tents, and dwel in Irak, N. of the Hye.
Arfyd family dwell from Shumli to Hye it Irak. They have 400 tents. They are Bedouins and can muster 300 horsemen with spears.
IVest of Baghdad, as far S. as Musserib, then wander several families, the Al-Abu-Aamer, tip Beni Timim, the Az-Zoba, the Al-Tedagheh, am Al-Berghut, agricultural and pastoral, in all abou 1200 tents ; and to the N.W. of Baghdad are th. pastoral Al-bu-Sagr, the agricultural Al-Mesha hedeh, and the. Aj-Jeburur (300 tents). Nett the Dijeil canal, N.W. of Baghdad, are the tribe AI-Khasrij (100 tents), Al-Majma, Al-Makadmeh Beni Timim, Al-bu-Hujaza, and Aj-jeneyleh They are pastoral and agricultural, and preda tory.
In the Baghdad pashalik arc the following *has :— Abeyd, an Arab tribe, N. of Baghdad. They eamprise six families, with 1050 tents. They occupy the lands opposite the Dijeil canal, around Ihruntra and the Katuls, and extend from the E. Fmk of the Tigris to the Htunrin Hills. They drt styled Al bu Shahr, or illustrious. They are pedatory, have good horses and camels.
A Adiri/, an Arab tribe dwelling in Baghdad city ; other part of this tribe are in Nejd.
.1/ /MIT, an Arab tribe of about 200 tents, N. of the Zab river, in Baghdad pashalik.
i'b Al Beyath, an Arab tribe of 300 tenth, between is, Kharmati, and Kifri, in Baghdad pashalik.
ley may be the Al an Arab nomade be of 130 tents and 130 matchlocks, who tiller about Nabs- Kathwaniyeh in the Baghdad halik.
Al Ins Hamad, a predatory Arab tribe of 150 its near Eski Mosid, province of Baghdad.
Al bu Sakr, a pastoral tribe of Arabs with about 0 tents and 300 matchlocks, N.W. of Baghdad, ovo the Saklawiyeh canal.
Al bu Salman, an Arab tribe of 200 tents, partly ricultural, in part predatory. They dwell at bl Kabir in the Baghdad pashalik.
.1j Jebur, 300 tents, and the Khasrej, 100 tents, th cultivate in Dholoiyeh Hawis.
Kherkhiyeh, 300 tents, cultivate in Keshkul d Syedelan.
Al Kert•iyeh, 300 tents, cultivate in Kara Tcppeh. Al Mashahedeh, a nomade tribe of Arabs to the .W. of Baghdad, above the Saklawiyeh canal. Amareh, an Arab tribe in the pashalik of ghdad. They have 27 divisons and about 0 tents. In the early part of the 19th century be was the most powerful in Irak-i-Arabi.
have about 500 matchlocks. Their war-cry Is Akhuyet Saadeh.
An Naim, a tribe of Arabs of about 100 tents near IIamrin, in the pashalik of Baghdad. They profess great sanctity, and wander about as Syuds *nil Darvesh. They have camels and horses.
.In Nedeh, a tribe of agricultural Arabs near Mend Ali, in Baghdad pashalik. They have 300 tents.
As Seraj, an Arab tribe in the pashalik of Baghdad in Mesopotamia. They have 1480 tents, wander over Mesopotamia, S.E. of the Hye, as far as the Hud river. They can muster 800 horse with spears, and 400 foot with fire-arms.
Az:oba, a tribe of Bedouin Arabs near Nuhi Abu Gharib, W. of Baghdad. They number 300 tents ; are partly pastoral, partly predatory.
any families are of Bedouin habits. They have 600 tents; they are good horsemen.
Beni Lam, a powerful tribe of Arabs in the S.E. portions of the province of Baghdad, with 68 clans. They occupy the frontiers of the Turkish and Persian empires, are continually engaged in plundering expeditions, are most treacherous, dishonest, and greatly feared. They are estimated to have 40,000 families. The Montafik Arabs have repeatedly defeated them. They can muster about 5000 horse and 10,000 infantry.