THE BEDOUIN OF THE DESERT 



One of the rarest souvenirs that Ave brought 

 from the desert was the last seal of Fan's 

 that the Anezeh ever saw. This was a fine 

 black impression on the pedigree of the 

 Abeyan Sherrakieh mare, on which Moore had 

 made his memorable ride. Although he had 

 been their life-long enemy, the Anezeh gave it 

 up rather reluctantly and only under pressure 

 from Akmet Half ez. 



Hashem Bey, the Sheikh of the Anezeh, has 

 been ruling since he was twelve years old. He 

 told me his tribe numbered 70,000 tents, and 

 would average six or eight occupants to a tent. 

 The great Anezeh are divided into many tribes 

 and sub-tribes, chief of which is the Sebaa and 

 the one containing the finest horses. All of 

 the sub-tribes, however, acknowledge Hashem 

 Bey as their highest ruler and on matters of 

 great importance they are bound to obey his 

 orders under their own Sheikh. They all unite 

 when a big war is on. They own together 

 about 300,000 camels, and unless an Anezeh 

 has a hundred sheep and five camels he is not 

 allowed to maintain a tent. With that num- 

 ber, however, he has the right to marry four 

 wives. 



The Anezeh, as may have been gathered, 



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