ABSTRACT
On 27th November, 1935, I visited and had a long talk with Shaikh Mutluq al Musailim, the paramount chief of the Rashaida, in his camp. Among other things he admitted that his tribe was related to the great Hutaim group lying east of Madina. This is the powerful group whose paramount shaikhs are Ibn Barak and Ibn Naumas, and which as a whole is an “inferior” tribe.
