1 THE JEXBffA. 161
2 The head of a subordinate difinoii ia alwajs elected by Uie pec^la
3 £Kim tlie oldest fiunily in it ; except in the lowest subdi\n>don» where
4 the superiority is often natural, as when an old man is head of the ten
5 or tweh e families, formed by his sons, nephews, and grand-children.
6 The internal goverinnetU ofthe Oolooss ia carried on by the Khauns,
7 and by assemblies of the heads of diTisioiia* Tbeae assemblies are
8 called Jeergas.
9 The Khaun presides in tlie principal Jeerga, which is farmed by
10 the chie& of the great branches of Oolooss. Each of these holds his
11 The Gov,?rnnif-nt will he bost illn^frit^j by nn prample; and I shall take that of the
12 £«aukhail divisiun of the SoUnuiun Kiiail, {mx * in the tree). Evety &mily in the Esauk-
13 Wni^flf Qonni iO««RidlfcyllsinnsdiM»t>^ Bwfy tw or tmlvp ftiBilica are go-
14 Terned by their common ancestor if he be* alive, or by hi* representative if he bo dead;
15 and these heads of a fiew iamUiGs are called l^iean Zberai or £ldera, (literally, white
16 beards). Every ten or tmitn EUr* m« ««l3)eet to a Condeadnr, or bead of a Mehel^
17 .llohuUa, or QiMtaTi w|0 M fhi representative of Adroonunon anchor, A certam
18 number of these compose a subdivision, ruled by the representniive of the ancestor of all
19 its meoibera, who is called Mullik or Muushir : several subiiiviaions form a division go-
20 WHMd as before ; several divisions oompoM die Kbail, vrhid^ in tllo MM dlnded to, h
21 under Abdor>l!i Khnun. Tlie Esau Khail, and six othrr KliaiU, compo«r the clan of
22 Ahmedzje, wluch is governed by Khaunaun Khaun, the representative of Ahmed, their
23 eonanoD anoestor. Tbe Abmtdsye, and Axee odier dan*, pcsnpose the Ismaelzye; but
24 they arc not under tbe authority of aaj oomwb dii^ apd Ao bml AbdI^ ctiithh
25 dimI^jio )s cactinct <i(riM|I^Mtid>
26 Hie aim dTIiBHid and thoae of Pfteh^ fenu die Solimaun Kbail, the d^efof lAidi ir
27 Hmti Kbaon, the representative of Solimaan. There is now no head to the house «ff
28 Boorhaan, composed of the Sc^maan Khail and the Ali Khail ; but the chiefs of those
29 two dans, and tho6e of sfrcn other clans similarly coni][x>$«d, all acknowledge the supre-
30 mmgy of AbdOMAeem Khaun, the head of the eldest branch of the tribe of Ghiljie. I beg
31 my rendfr? to remark, that hereafter, when I speak of thr rnrnt i!ivi'-nnTi=; of the AtVluuitis,
32 1 shall call them inbes ; and, when the component parts of a tribe are mentioned with re*
33 fincnee to Ihe Iribe, I diell eall die fint dividoiu etsiu; diooe which cotopoae a dub
34 Khaihi &c. a« above. But, when I am treating of one of tho5<e divisions ns an Independ-
35 ent body, I shall call it OcAfxm, and its oomponwit parts dam, UmIs, &c. according to
36 dwfMondMybeor tt»tiheOolooi^ wIfdM yterwervatrilM Khail ia a connptioB
37 of the Arabic word Khjdc^ a bond or assemblage ; and Zye^ so often affixed to the names
38 of tribes, clans, and families, means ton^ and is nddetl as Mar is prefixed by the Highland-
39 tn. lite t«nu Mullik, which it apphed to the head of a subdivision, means King, in
40 Mae; and Madiir j% I a fampliaB of dia Aidiie «|»d Ifoodiaer, (a
41 CoBDtdlor)i
42 Y
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