(1) A tract south and east of Bir Baaneit, claimed both by the Koatil and by the Hamedorab. The western part of this area is relatively well wooded. Its eastern portion includes the water source called Ti Dabai Hamra Dom.[145]
(2) A tract extending southward from Gebel Hamra Dom to the Wadi Qurat, claimed both by the Kurbeilab and by the Hamedorab. This area includes the Wadis Hamida, Nubitra, and Dibir, and four not very important water sources, viz., Galt Osnei, Megwel Hamida, Bir Nubitra, and Bir Mashushenai.[146]
(3) A narrow tract including the Wadis Qurat and Di-ib, claimed by all three tribes Balgab, Kurbeilab, and Hamedorab.
Ownership of Water Sources.—With the exception of the five water sources just mentioned as lying within the areas claimed by more than one tribe, there are no disputes about ownership of water supplies. The wells of the different tribes are partly enumerated in the Arrêté of 1902, but as the list there given is far from complete and many of the names are incorrect, I give below a list of the water sources belonging to the various tribes within the area surveyed. For particulars of the various water sources reference should be made to Chapter VII ([p. 234]).
| Wells, etc., of the Ashabab. | ||
| Bir Muelih | Bir Helie | Igli Galt |
| Bir Ghadir | Bir Abu Hashim | Galt Um Tundeba |
| Bir Murra | Bir Shenshef | Zabara Galts |
| Bir Abu Had | Bir Betan | Ghuel Galts |
| Bir Um Gubur | Bir Rahaba | Galt Um Karaba (Migif) |
| Bir Masur | Bir Abu Reye | Megal Harami |
| Bir Ranga | Bir Abu Beid | Galt Um Gerifat |
| Bir Khashab | Bir Gahlia | Galt Um Gunud |
| Bir Abu Hamamid | Bir Orga | Galt Batoga |
| Bir Metawit | Bir Um Reit | Galt Um Maiat |
| Bir Shadli | Amar Spring | Galt el Aguz |
| Galt Seiga | ||
| Wells, etc., of theMeleikab. | ||
| Bir el Sunta | Bir Gumbit | |
| Bir Abu Dibesat | Bir Abu Saafa | |
| Bir Abraq | Bir Dif | |
| Bir Beida | ||
| Wells, etc., of theHamedorab. | ||
| Bir Shalatein[147] | Bir Meheriqa | Bir Salalat O Sir |
| Bir Adal Deib[147] | Bir Nabit | Bir Sararat Serimtai |
| Bir Meneiga[148] | Bir Abu Ramad | Megwel Akau |
| Bir Muqur | Bir Kansisrob | Ti Kureitra |
| Bir Baaneit | Bir Akwamtra | Bir Frukit |
| Halaib Wells | Bir Qabatit | |
| Wells, etc., of theKurbeilab. | ||
| Bir Madi | Bir Shinai | Meis-heit-ar |
| Bir Korbiai | Bir Kagog[149] | Megwel Adar Aqdeib |
| Bir Meneiga[148] | Bir Guqub | Megwel Um Ein |
| Bir Sararat Seyet | Bir Himeitra | Megwel Um Edwa |
| Bir Bint el Dreb | Bir Um Bishtit[150] | Megwel Didaut[151] |
| Bir Odis Maaleq[149] | Bir Qidmib | Megwel Aqwem |
| Bir Abu Hodeid | Bir Meisah[151] | Galt Hilwit Hasium |
| Galt Kirir | ||
| Wells of the Koatil. | ||
| Bir Diqdib | ||
| Bir Um Rasein | ||
According to the Arrêté of 1902, Bir Egat is Mallak property.
[139]See notes by Mr. W. E. Jennings Bramly in The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, edited by Count Gleichen. London, 1905. Vol. I, pp. 91-93.
[140]Of these two sub-tribes (Mallak and Mohammad Omerab), I did not hear anything during my travels. The Mallak country is mostly south of latitude 22°, but extends into South-Eastern Egypt round about Bir Egat, a locality which I did not visit. The Mohammad Omerab are stated by Mr. Bramly (op. cit.) to own the wells of Bir Meisah and Megwel Didaut, which, as will be seen from what follows, are included in the area claimed as Kurbeilab by the Sheikh who accompanied me.
[141]The men were Sheikh Isa Ali Tiut, Sheikh of the Hamedorab; Sheik Hatab (brother of Mohammad Katul, Sheikh of the Kurbeilab); and Mohammad Katul Batkai, of the Kurbeilab-Aliab.
[142]In order to render it easier to follow the descriptions of the boundaries, I have purposely omitted from this map most of the place-names other than those mentioned in the descriptions. The map is to the same scale as the general orographical map on [Plate I.]