TRIBES IN EL GA^DA AND EL HA'hA. 545 
marit, El Genater, Zadenas, Besharif, Kedaye-Yetsellem, El 
Bellebuna, Stelet bel Girdan, Tshirgan, Agarzezis, with 
the sebkha Abana, U'm el Roesen, el M^hajib. 
The principal Arab tribes living in Gada are — 
The E'rgebat, a large and powerful tribe in several 
sections, living, in " El Gada," as well as in Zini, a 
district bordering on the E. side of El Gada. 
El Gwasem. 
El 'Aid-'Esha or A'hel 'Esh. 
Welad Mohammed ben 'Abd- Allah, and several others. 
In Shebeka there are to be mentioned principally the 
Zergiym belonging to the Tikkena. 
Yegut. 
Wetusa. 
East from Shebeka, N.E. from Zini, and N. from the 
Wadi Sakiet el Hamra, inhabited by the Welad Bu-Seba, 
there extends the large district called El Hdha, principally 
inhabited by the powerful tribe of 
El 'Aarib, who are said to have as many as 1000 horse, 
and who are the enemies of the Duwemena and the 
Idau Belal. They are divided into several sections. 
Legeradeba, about two hundred. 
El Bwadin, about the same number. ~ 
El Gwasem (the Shiukh), about forty. 
E' Nwaiji, the Tolba. 
Namena. 
El Renaneba. ^ 
Ziyut. 
these two the Soltana sections. 
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