SEBKHA OF I'jIL. — THE WELA'd DELE'm. ^AS 
Delem, but ill-famed on account of their robberies, 
living also in Gidi. They are subdivided as follows : — 
Welad Bti-Karsiye, to whom belongs the chief of 
the whole section, Hennun Welad Tweta. 
El Hamaya, with a chief of their own, El Fadhel 
Welad Shwen. 
E' Shehali, with a chief, the son of Allad. 
Welad Shdker. 
Welad Bu Hinde, who do not live in Tiris, but 
in A^zawad. 
Sekarna, also in several divisions, the name of none of 
which became known to me, except that of the A^hel 
Dede, who are the Shiukh. 
Welad Salem, with the chief, Mohammed Weled 'Omar, 
living here or in Gidi. 
To the Delem el A^'hmar belong the following : — 
El O'dekat, the Soltana tribe of the Welad Delem, 
whose famous chief, A'hmed Weled Mohammed el 
Fodel, died a few years ago at the age of 120, it is said. 
They are subdivided into the following divisions : ■ — 
Weldd e' Shiya. 
Welad Manstir. 
Welad Ailab. 
Welad Ermithiye. 
Serakhna. 
Welad Tageddi. 
Welad Shwekh. 
Welad Bu 'Omar, whose Shiukh section are said to be 
the A^hel 'Omar Weled e' Sheikh Umbr^hi. 
Welad el Khalega (?), with the Shiukh section A'hel 
'Omar Weled Barka. 
Welad Siddtim. 
Logora ? 
Welad Tedrarin in several (ten?) sections, all paying 
tribute to the Welad Delem. 
