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ARAB GENEALOGY. 



Tanukhs claimed descent from the western king- 

 dom. 



The Ya'rubah considered themselves to be of 

 the Arab el Aribah (Joctanites), through their 

 ancestor Yarnb el Azud c-yo) bin Ealigh 

 (Peleg, the brother of Kahtan or Joctan),bin Abir 

 (Eber), bin Salih, bin Arfakhshad, bin Sham 

 (Shem), and to the present day their descendants 

 boast of this ancient lineage. Malik bin Pakhm 

 routed 40,000 horsemen supported by elephants, 

 slew Mirzban (the Marz-ban or warden of the 

 Marches) the Satrap -lieutenant of the King of 

 Kings, whose head- quarters were at Sohar, and 

 conquered the country from Sharjah to the Ba'as 

 el Hadd (Uasalgat), the eastern Land's-endof the 

 Arabian shore. Reinforced by fresh drafts of 

 the Benu Yemin, he showed his gratitude by 

 incorporating them with his own tribe. The 

 word Hindwi, meaning a patrician or ' one having 

 a founder,' arose from Malik bin Fakhm, pro- 

 posing himself as the Hanu or originator 

 of the emigrants : certain Arabs derive it from 

 Hina, a fanciful ancestor, and even call themselves 

 Benu Hind. According to some authorities, Oman 

 took its name from a place in the neighbour- 

 hood of the dyke of Mareb ; others derive it from 

 a valley which, like the Wady el Arab, gave its 



