III. 2. XXII. THE GUHAYNA GROUP 259 The following are the main sections of the Meganin A, 'Ayadi'a \\ B. Hamaydi'a [i.

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AwlAD Gimi'a ,> Gima'a „ Gama'i Tagula Raywat etc. C. NasTibo D. AwLAD Madi E. AWLAD RUMIA F. Hayadira G. Ghadianat H. AwLAD Sa'id I. AWLAD FaDALA J. Mesa'id2 ' I . Abu Rishayd .2. Markuk No particular camel brand is distinctive of the whole tribe. Each section uses its own, and the subsections add each its own variation.

XXI The Ferahna are the subtribe of Dar Hamid richest in sheep and in land, but they are nearly all sedentary and are regarded as " nouveaux riches." They have taken advantage of the fact that many of the best " Khayrdn" fall within their boundaries to cultivate them by artificial means. Or, maybe, there is some truth in the story of their Egyptian connection and for that reason the cultivable basins originally fell to them.

Their subdivisions are as follows : El Sherama El Tursha El Akarib El Ghubshan Awlad Hizma El Kerimi'a El Beraykat El Filiat El Na'umia El 'Awamra El Showal XXII The Hababin and the Meramra are, after the Meganin, the Some of the smaller subdivisions of these are omitted, but they can be found in my Tribes..., p. 129.

2 The Mesa 'id say they are not Meganin at all by origin. The name is merely a plural of Mas'ud and not uncommon as a tribal appellation. The best known Mesa'i'd are those settled on the Arabian coast near Muwayla and Gian and thereabouts: these are a branch of the Huwaytat (see Burton, Land of Midiati, 1, 87 ff.).

* See MacMichael, Camel Brands..., p. 27.

* The name Turshan occurs in Klippel's list of Egyptian Bedouins: he speaks of the Turshan as "d'origine berbere." Sir C. Wilson (p. 4) mentions "Tarshan" among the semi-nomadic Arabs north of Aswan. "Turshan" occurs also among the Awlad Akoi.

* Pallme and Werne confuse the Hababin with the Habbania (Bakkara) between whom, though the singular of both names is "Habbani," there is no traditional connection at all.

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