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Dr. Wallin’s Route in Northern Arabia.
of+} the name of Bent Sakliar, descended from the Kahtaniye, are
by the same author stated to reside about. al-Karak, wliere tliey
are still to be found in great numbers, living in amicable and
brotherly relation with the Hegaia (Hejaya) and Sherarat
(Sherarat). The Guheine (Julie’iueh) are yet a large tribe in the
mountains of al-Higaz (Hijdz) ; the Bent’Ukba (’Ukbali) and
Beni Bely (Bell) arc scattered members of the posterity of
Gud-bam, the brother of Lakhm. All these tribes are descended from
the same original stock of the Kahtaniye (Kabtamyeh) Arabs,
who, after their emigration from al-Yaman (Yemen), seem t.o
have gradually displaced the ’Adnaniye (Isma’iliye ’Adnamyeh
Isma’lliyeli), who were the first occupants of this land. Now
the Kahtaniye arc, in their turn, being driven out into the
mountains and into the outskirts of the desert hy ’Eneze (’Anezeli)
tribes descended from the ’Adnaniye (’Adnaniyeh), or if, like
most of the Hcteim clans, they prefer paying tribute to more
powerful tribes, they are allowed to live as they can in the interior
among Bedooins, hy whom they are little respected.
1818. On the 5th of April, I left Tebook (Tebuk) accompanied hy
April 5. two Bedooins of the Bely tribe. Favoured hy a thick mist, which
concealed us from observation and saved us from unpleasant
encounters with strangers, we struck across the plain, in a
direction S. hy E., leaving the pilgrim road, which runs S. E., on
our left, close to Tebook. The soil near the town is quite
barren ; hut streaks and patches of a plant called rawd* (raudh) soon
begin to enliven the plain, and increase in extent up to the first, hills
of the Harra (Harrali) range, when open level valleys with hushes
succeed. After marching for 5f h. over the plain, we entered
among these hills and halted for the night.
On the 6th, our way lay over broad open valleys, between the
Harra (Harrali) mountains on the right and ranges of lower hills
on the left. As we advanced, the valleys gradually diminished in
width, and in about 2 h. we were in a regular ravine, running
S. E., parallel with the pilgrim road, at a distance of about 3 h.,
being separated from it hy intermediate hills. After travelling
for 7f h. from the place where we had passed the night, we came
to a defile called Nakb Darb al Bekraf (Darbu-l-Bckrah). In
the valley below there are many large detached stones, on some
of which I observed, in passing, inscriptions in the same character
as those found in Wadi ’Uweinid and Wadi Gubbe (Wadi
Jub-beh); but I was unable to copy any of them, as my
companions were afrahl of being surprised hy enemies, and robbed of
the packages of clothes with which they had loaded their camels
at Tebook (Tebuk), and could not be prevailed upon to stop.
1’lur., Hiyad (nyatjh).—W.
t The Bekrl road defile.—A.
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