THE AWELI'MMIDEX. 
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mekket, at that period the ruling tribe of this whole region. 
I here give a list of the most common camping grounds in 
AMerar : Amasin, ' Araba, Tin-daran, Yunhan or Gunhan, 
e' Suk (the last two were formerly the sites of flourishing 
towns), Ijenshishen, A'zel adhar, Kidal, regarded often as 
a separate district, Endeshedait, Taghelib, Marref, Talabit, 
Tadakket, Asway, Anemellen, Ansattefen, Asherobbak, Tin- 
zawaten, Tajemart, Elewi, Dohendal, Tinajola, Enrar, Ejarak, 
A'shu, Alkit, Takellutj Dafalliana, Enafara. The ancestor 
of the Awelimmiden is said to have been named Siggene, a 
man of the tribe of the Himyar.* 
I now proceed to give a list of all the tribes belonging to 
this group, assigning the first place to those who belong to 
the original stock : — 
The Kel-ekimmet, the royal section, or the Kel amano- 
kalen, separated, as it would seem, into two subdi- 
visions, one of which is called after Fatita, and the 
other, if I am not mistaken, after U'ksem or O'kasem, 
the son of (ig) Imma, although U^ksem w^as the father 
of Fatita. 
The present ruler of the tribe, and thus the lord of 
this w^hole group, is Alkuttabu, properly " Ktittub- 
e'-din, " Pillar of the Faith," a brother of the late 
and well known chief E' Nabegha, son of Kawa; 
and besides him there is Thakkefi, the son of E' 
Nabegha, and Legawi or El A'gwi, between whom 
and the ruling family, there seems to be some little 
rivalry. 
Targhay-tamut (the *^ u " is not generally expressed in 
Tefmagh), with the chief Inlehat or Lehat, who like- 
wise rules the tribe of the Tesgogamet. Sometimes 
* Compare the account of A'bu 'Omar E'bn 'Abd el Ber in 
E'bnKhaldun (trad, par Macguckin de Slane, vol. i. p. 174). Sig- 
gene, who by my informants is stated to be the ancestor of Lamt, 
may seem to be identical with Asnag, the ancestor of the Senhaja, 
or Zenagha, wnth whom the Awelimmiden are intimately related. 
