194 Bedotnn Tribes of the Euphrates, [cn.xxiv. 



far north in the summer as Ti'idmur, following 

 the gazelle, on which they live. No camels, and 

 but few sheep. They breed asses, and sell them 

 in all the frontier towns ft'om Queyt to Aleppo. 

 Are accounted ignoble by the pure Arabs, and 

 have a bad reputation on account of a certain 

 caravan they misled in the desert twenty years 

 ago and plundered ;* but are in general a harm- 

 less, wild people, who take no part in the desert 

 wars. 



Tribes under tlte partial control of the Pashalih of Bagdad. 



TENTS. 



MoJitefik, a numerous and powerful tribe, partly 

 Bedouin, partly fellah, inhabiting Irak and the 

 right bank of the Euphrates below Hillah. Their 

 Sheykh is generally appointed by the Pasha of 

 Bagdad. This tribe, though formerly purely 

 Bedouin, now cultivates the plains of the Low^er 

 Euphrates, and has become rich and prosperous. 

 Present Sheykh, Nassr 8000 



Beni Loam, another pure Bedouin tribe, lately turned 

 fellah, but not to the extent of the Montefik. 

 They inhabit the left bank of the Tigris, and 

 across the frontier as far as into Persia ... ... 4000 



3Iaaddn, a large half-Bedouin tribe, inhabiting Irak 



and the southern Tigris valley ... ... ... ? 



Alhu 3Iohnmmed, the same ... ... ? 



Shammartufja, the same ... ... ... ... ? 



Bi'dta, the same ... ... ... ? 



There are also numerous small tribes and sections 

 of tribes about Bagdad, but none of them deserve 

 notice except the Sahceans, now found only in the 



* See Palajrave. 



