Chapter VII: Part 7

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| | Number | Probable
Names | Names of Commanders | of Tents | Number of
of Tribes. | of Tribes. | in each | Persons in
| | Tribe. | each Tribe.
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| | |
El-Ammour | Soultan El-Brrak | 500 | 5,000
El-Hassné | Mehamma El Fadel Eben | |
| Melhgem | 1,500 | 15,000
Would Aly | Douhi Eben Sammir | 5,000 | 50,000
El-Serhaan | Adgham Eben Ali | 1,200 | 12,000
El-Sarddié | Fedghem Eben Sarraage | 1,800 | 18,000
Benni Sakhrer | Sellamé Eben Fakhrer | 2,700 | 27,000
El-Doualla | Drayhy Eben Chahllan | 5,000 | 50,000
El-Harba | Fares El-Harba | 4,000 | 40,000
El-Suallemè | Auad Eben Giandal | 1,500 | 15,000
El-Ollama | Taffaissan Eben Sarraage | 1,400 | 14,000
Abdellé | Selam Eben Mehgiel | 1,200 | 12,000
El-Refacha | Zarrak | 800 | 8,000
El-Wualdè | Giandal El-Mehidi | 1,600 | 16,000
El-Mofanfakhr | Hammoud El-Tammer | 5,000 | 50,000
El-Cherarah | Abedd Eben Sobaihi | 2,300 | 23,000
El-Achgaha | Dehass Eben Ali | 2,000 | 20,000
El-Salca | Giassem Eben Geraimess | 3,000 | 30,000
El-Giomllan | Zarrak Ebn Fakhrer | 1,200 | 12,000
El-Giahma | Giarah Eben Mehgiel | 1,500 | 15,000
El-Ballahiss | Ghaleb Eben Ramdoun | 1,400 | 14,000
El-Maslekhr | Faress Eben Nadjed | 2,000 | 20,000
El-Khrassa | Zehayran Eben Houad | 2,000 | 20,000
El-Mahlac | Nabec Eben Habed | 3,000 | 30,000
El-Merackhrat | Roudan Eben Soultan | 1,500 | 15,000
El-Zeker | Motlac Eben Fayhan | 800 | 8,000
El-Bechakez | Faress Eben Aggib | 500 | 5,000
El-Chiamssi | Cassem El-Wukban | 1,000 | 10,000
El-Fuaher | Sallamé El-Nahessan | 600 | 6,000
El-Salba | Mehanna El-Saneh | 800 | 8,000
El-Fedhan | Douackhry Eben Ghabiaïn | 5,000 | 50,000
El-Salkeh | Ali Eben Geraimess | 3,000 | 30,000
El-Messahid | Nehaiman Eben Fehed | 3,500 | 35,000
El-Sabha | Mohdi Eben Heïd | 4,000 | 40,000
Benni Dehabb | Chatti Eben Harab | 5,000 | 50,000
El-Fekaka | Astaoui Eben Tayar | 1,500 | 15,000
El-Hamamid | Chatti Eben Faress | 1,500 | 15,000
El-Daffir | Auad Eben Motlac | 2,300 | 23,000
El-Hegiager | Sellamé Eben Barac | 800 | 8,000
El-Khrezahel | Khrenkiar El-Alimy | 3,000 | 30,000
Benni Tay | Hamdi Eben Tamer | 4,000 | 40,000
El-Huarig | Habac Eben Mahdan | 3,500 | 35,000
El-Mehazez | Redaini Eben Khronkiar | 6,000 | 60,000
El-Berkazè | Sahdoun Eben Wuali | 1,300 | 13,000
El-Nahimm | Faheh Eben Saleh | 300 | 3,000
Bouharba | Alyan Eben Nadjed | 500 | 5,000
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| 102,000 | 1,020,000

THE END.

FOOTNOTES:

[A] According to Arab law, murder is compensated by money; and the sum is fixed according to circumstances.

[B] This bottle was taken with all the rest into Egypt.

[C] An Arabic expression implying extent of dominion.

[D] A title of a Turkish officer, used in derision by the Bedouins.

[E] Turban of ceremony, (Turkish.)

[F] Destroyer of the Turks.

[G] Every Bedouin accustoms his horse to some sign when it is to put out all its speed. He employs it only on pressing occasions, and never confides the secret even to his own son.

[H] A pun not easy to translate: _Serah_ means gone; _Serhan_, wolf.

[I] When a Bedouin voluntarily gives up his horse to his adversary, he may neither kill him nor make him prisoner.

[J] Ebn Sihoud, King of the Wahabees, is often called by this name.

[K] This imaginary princess was no other than lady Hester Stanhope.

[L] The ceremony is called the _hasnat_.

[M] These chiefs were, Zarack Ebn Fahrer, chief of the tribe El Gioullan; Giarah Ebn Meghiel, chief of the tribe El Giahma; Ghaleb Ebn Ramdoun, chief of the tribe El Ballahiss; and Fares Ebn Nedged, chief of the tribe El Maslekher.

[N] Female camels of the most beautiful species.

[O] An equestrian exercise with sticks, called djerids, which are lanced like javelins.

[P] The tribe El Krassa, whose chief was Zahaman Ebn Houad; the tribe El Mahlac, with its chief Ebn Habed; the tribe El Meraikhrat, its chief Roudan Ebn Abed; and the tribe El Zeker, its chief Matlac Ebn Fayhan.

[Q] Fares Ebn Aggib, chief of the tribe El Bechakez, with five hundred tents; Cassan Ebn Unkban, chief of the tribe El Chiamssi, one thousand tents; Selame Ebn Nahssan, chief of the tribe El Fuaher, six hundred tents; Mehanna el Saneh, chief of the tribe El Salba, eight hundred tents.

[R] The tribe of El Fedhan, composed of five thousand tents; that of El Sabha, four thousand tents; El Fekaka, one thousand five hundred; El Messahid, three thousand five hundred; El Salca, three thousand; finally, that of Benni Dehabb, five thousand.

[S] The tribe of Beny Tay, composed of 4,000 tents; that of El Hamarnid, 1,500 tents; of El Daffir, 2,500 tents; of El Hegiager, 800 tents; and lastly, that of El Khresahel, 3,000.

[T] At Maktal El Abed, we met two tribes, that of Berkaje, commanded by Sahdoun Ebn Wuali, 1300 tents strong, and that of Mahimen, commanded by Fahed Ebn Salche, of 300 tents. Crossing the Euphrates before Haiff, we concluded an alliance with Alayan Ebn Nadjed, chief of the tribe of Bouharba, which reckoned 500 tents.

[U] Published by Abel Ledoux.

[V] The celebrated treatise on medicine by Ebn Sina.

[W] This Arabic letter is of a bent form.

[X] A stringed instrument.

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Transcriber’s note

Minor punctuation errors have been changed without notice. Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been standardized. Spelling has been retained as published.

The spelling of the tribe El Hassnnée was standardized to include the accent mark.

=CHANGED FROM TO=
Page 11: “manners are every thing” “manners are everything”
Page 47: “MEHANNA EL FFADEL” “MEHANNA EL FADEL”
Page 69: “Nabbee was armed with” “Nabee was armed with”
Page 71: “Damascus for merchandize” “Damascus for merchandise”
Page 76: “me for my weaknes” “me for my weakness”
Page 104: “des rous of securing” “desirous of securing”
Page 110: “arrived at a spot were” “arrived at a spot where”
Page 136: “the prayer _Faliha_” “the prayer _Fatiha_”
Page 137: “enemies be extingushed” “enemies be extinguished”
Page 149: “_cafia_ (handkercheif)” “_cafia_ (handkerchief)”
Page 153: “Drayhy ordered the Hatfé” “Drayhy ordered the hatfé”
Page 158: “enthusiastically rece ved” “enthusiastically received”
Page 204: “Chatti Eben Faress 15,00” “Chatti Eben Faress 1,500”
Page 204: “Auad Eben Motlac 23,00” “Auad Eben Motlac 2,300”