Thurs 9. [9 February 1905] Very stormy with a strong south wind.
Turned round the door of my tent to escape the wind and the rain and
fortified myself for the day. I made Namrud tell me all the tribes and
all the names of the shu'ukh al Masha'ikh. They are as follows: [all
names of tribes and leaders are preceeded by Arabic translations.]
\n\nBelka. \n\nAmir el Bilad - he lives at Heshban [Hisban] and rules
all the Arabs of the Belka. they are as follows: \n\n1. Belkawieh
Ishtewy al Hadid lives at Kawesme near 'Amman. \n\n2. Daja Marka
near 'Amman \n\n Mukheimir el Khaddam min el Jawamis.
\n\n3. Beni Hassan, at Zerka [Zarqa], they are the biggest tribe in the
Belka \n\n 'Ajabu DaghmÈ es Smir \n\n Hamad al
HarhashÈ \n\n Ibn Gallab and there are more than 40 smaller
sheikhs. \n\n4. 'Abad Wady el Bahhath[?] near Wad es Sir [Wadi es
Sir]. \n\n Nahar el Bakhit \n\n Fellah ash Shidad, Wady Sir
\n\n Ya'kuben Na'imat, Al Arda \n\n5. Mashalka in the Ghor [El
Ghor]. \n\n Tufik as Salih al Fa'ur at Abu Abeidah \n\n
Shabib el Fadil Er Rabi'a, in the Ghor at At Tu'ad. \n\n6. 'Ajarmeh
near Heshban at 'Al [El 'Al] and Na'ur \n\n Sa'il esh
Sharwan \n\n Rajal Massa'seh \n\n 'Akil el 'Akil
\n\n 'Awad el Barakat. \n\n7. Al Nimr near Heshban at Zabud
\n\n Fahd el Kablan, nephew of Sultan bn Ali. \n\n8. Esh
Shawabikeh at Jeraim [Jureina[?]] above Madeba [Madaba]
\n\n Ihsein al 'Aly \n\n9. Yazaideh[?] at Jubbur near
Madeba\n\n Bushara at Turman[?] \n\n10. Abu Ghanam Nebo
\n\n Murawir al Hasein \n\n11. Al 'Awazim Ma'in, west of
Madeba. \n\n 'Ali Abu Windi \n\n12. Al Rakad Musherfeh near
Hajj Road \n\n Suleiman ar Rakad \n\nAll these are the Arabs
of the Belka under Sullan ibn 'Ali al 'Adwan. \n\n\n\n1. Beni Sakhr
Talal al Faiz he is chief of all \n\n Fallah ash Shalash \n\n
Murawir ibn Zabn \n\n Rumeh al Faiz \n\n Fawaz as
Satane[?] \n\n2. Beni Hamideh in the mts near Makhiruz [Mukawir
(Machaerus)] \n\n Salam ash Shbelat \n\n Abu Briz
(Namrud forgets his name) \n\n3. Abu Rubeiha - Dhiban \n\n
'Ali al WausÈ at Shihan \n\n Ahmed bn Tarif at Shihan \n\n4. Al
Majalieh - Kerak [Karak] \n\n Saleh al Majalieh \n\n5. Al 'Amr -
Wad al Kerak \n\n Kasim abu ath Thbeit \n\n6. Howeitat Wady
Ma'an and Wady Musa [Wadi Musa] \n\n 'Arar ibn JazÈ \n\n
'Udeh abu TayÈ \n\n7. Beni 'Atiyeh beyond Wady Musa\n\n
Ibn 'Akil (Namrud forgets his name) \n\n8. Al Haida \n\n9. Al Fakir
both near Medain Sulih\n\n10. Sherarat always out in the desert\n\n
Kasib al Lhawi\n\n Ibn Wardeh\n\n Al Khayyal\n\nThe
Sherarat are one of the biggest of the tribes. They are a[?] very
powerful \n\ndivided into 4; viz: Thaba'in \n\n Falhan \n\n
'Azzam \n\n Lhawieh \n\n11. 'Anazeh - Euphrates and Ibn
Rashid, come to Hauran in summer \n\n Nuri bn Sha'lan \n\n
Fahd bn Sha'lan \n\n12. Smer live mostly on the Hajj - they are
paid 11000 mej. a year. The 'Anazeh also profit by it. \n\n
Ibn Smir \n\nThe 'Anazeh and the Smer are called [Arabic
characters] 'Urban Badieh; ie: they travel about and have no fixed
home. \n\n 'Arban al Ghor Siyan \n\n\n\n-1. Al Sakr 'Aasam al
Mutlak \n\n-2. Al Ghezawieh at Shehabel \n\n Muhammad al
Miwah \n\n-3. Belawuneh Sweil al GhasaskÈ \n\n-4. Mesa'id at Farah
\n\n Damin[?] al Mas'udeh \n\n-5. Sardieh subject to the Sukhur
\n\n Mit'ab al Kunj - who is supposed to be the strongest among
living men. \n\nThe Sardieh 200 years ago governed all this country.
\n\n\n\nNow these are of bad blood and cannot marry with the others:
\n\nSleb - have no animals but white donkeys and are great hunters
\n\nGawarny - fellahin \n\nSherarat - great camel breeders
\n\nIhteim\n\nSunna' - blacksmiths, by origin gypsies \n\nNawar -
gypsies \n\nJebulieh\n\n\n\nAll Ibn Sa'uds people are called 'Agkil -
perhaps because many of them live in houses and have tied up
[Arabic characters] their camels. They say this is the derivation. All
Ibn Rashid's are Shammar. \n\n\n\nAl Muntafij between Baghdad and
Nejd [Najd]. \n\nAl Ashgar [ditto] \n\n\n\nAl Haseneh all [four] live in
the Shembel \n\nSba' these two [includes Fidan] and the Shammar
breed the best horses \n\nFidan\n\n'Amarat \n\nThe Ruwalla are a
family of the 'Anazeh. Also the {Hasaneh} Hassaneh ie these are not
the same as the Hasenneh or the Hassanieh, Har, Sba' and some 6
more. It poured all day, but not a drop of water came into my tent.
Some of the Sakhur came up from their tents to spend the night in
Namrud's cave. Went up after tea and drank coffee with them and
talked. A big fire behind us lighted the cave and the cows mooed and
munched in the darkness.