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The great Murra tribe of the Great South Desert was
strongly represented by four members, namely :
'Ali ibn Salih ibn Jahman of the Ghafran section, chief
guide;
Muhammad ibn Humaiyid, of the same section, guide ;
Salim ibn Suwailim of the Dimnan section, guide ;
Suwid ibn Hadi al Azma of the same section, guide.
The 'Ajman tribe had three representatives :
Hasan Khurr al Dhib, of Ibn JimVs section ;
Falih abu Ja'sha, of the 'Arqa section ;
Farraj, cousin of Falih and of the same section.
The non-tribal elements were represented by the following :
Sa'd ibn Ibrahim al Washmi of Dhruma, who had special
charge of my camel, saddlery, etc ;
'Abdul Rahman ibn Khuraibish, also of Dhruma, in charge
of the coffee-making ;
Zaid ibn Hubaish, the cook ;
'Abdul 'Aziz ibn Musainid, in charge of the transport
animals;
And Sa'dan, my personal attendant already sufficiently
introduced.
Such was the party I joined at the rendezvous, & party of
fifteen including myself. Two of them were otherwise en-
gaged when lunch was served to the remaining thirteen,
while I ascertained that we were to pick up four other persona
during our passage of the Jafura desert to complete our
personnel of nineteen. To round off the catalogue I will set
forth their names in this place, namely :
Humaid ibn Amhaj of the Manasir tribe (Al bu Rahma
group) ;
Salih ibn 'Aziz, also of the^Manasir (Al bu Mandhar group);
'Ali ibn Salih (?) of the Buhaih section of Murra ;
And Muhammad ibn Rashid, also of the Buhaih.
Our complete party had thus a satisfactory representation
of the three important desert tribes: the Murra (no fewer
than six), the Manasir (two) and the 'Ajman (three) ; but 1
could not help feeling some disappointment at the absence of