Note 135 — THE LOVERS OF THE BANU UZRAH.[125]

Arab. “’Ashírah.” Books tell us there are seven degrees of connection among the Badawin: Sha’ab, tribe or rather race, nation (as the Anazah) descended from a common ancestor; Kabílah the tribe proper (whence les Kabyles); Fasílah (sept), Imárah, Ashirah (all a man’s connections); Fakhiz (lit. the thigh, i.e., his blood relations) and Batn (belly) his kith and kin. Practically Kabílah is the tribe, Ashírah the clan, and Bayt the household; while Hayy may be anything between tribe and kith and kin.