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AfudcUi, or ErfuddU, a cattle-breeding tribe like the 

 Jilniri, but inhabiting the jungles of the 

 Euphrates, where they make to themselves huts 

 of tamarisk boughs. They are honest, peaceable 

 people, and are armed with short spears and 

 matchlocks against the lions which frequent the 

 river; — perhaps ... ... ... 400 



Ahu Serai, Ahu A'amis, Delim, some fellah, and others, 

 tributaries to the Anazeh, but also under Tm-kish 

 protection ; peaceful shepherd tribes, inhabiting 

 the right bank of the Euphrates. The Delim 

 have sometimes good horses ... ? 



Ind^imxdent Tribes of the Ujyper Desert and Hamdd. 



LeMj), a predatory tribe between Aleppo and Hama ; 

 hard riders ; robbers ... ... 



Amur, a small tribe of shepherds and robbers in the 

 Jebel Amur ... ... 



Beni ScdrJchr. Called by some an Anazeli tribe ; but I 

 do not l)elieve this. They live south of the 

 Hauran, and do not migrate. It has l^een sug- 

 gested that they are Jews, the tribe of Issachar 



7. Aduan, a predatoiy tribe, east of the Jordan. 

 They have a bad character in the desert. Sheykh, 

 Goblan ... 



Sherarat, a numerous trilic, pm-ely Bedouin, and in- 

 habiting the Wady Sirhan, and thence south- 

 wards as far as Nejd. They have no mares, 

 breed dromedaries, and have a bad reputation ... 



Aluin, Sheykh, Mohammed Abunjad. A small tribe 

 allied to the Sherarat. They inhabit the Wady 

 Araba, and the neighbourhood of Petra 



Slel), a tribe of Indian origin, inhabiting the Hamad, 

 and going far south into Nejd. They come as 



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