THE MUNTIFIK ARABS

AT the lower part of the plain of Chaldea, where the land sinks into perpetual marshes, and the floods of the Euphrates and Tigris approximate, is the territory of the Muntifik Arabs. This powerful tribe held dominion, a century ago, over but a small portion of this extensive country. After frequent...

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Published in:Ainsworth's Magazine 1845-07, Vol.8, p.493-499
Main Author: Ainsworth, W Francis
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:AT the lower part of the plain of Chaldea, where the land sinks into perpetual marshes, and the floods of the Euphrates and Tigris approximate, is the territory of the Muntifik Arabs. This powerful tribe held dominion, a century ago, over but a small portion of this extensive country. After frequent struggles, however, with the Turks, and Arab tribes, during the progress of which they met with many reverses, more especially from one Sulaiman, a Mamluk officer, who was surnamed Abu-laila, or the "Father of night," from his terrible onslaughts made under favour of darkness, they were ultimately enabled to appropriate to themselves almost the whole of Babylonian Chaldea.
ISSN:2043-1082