The cave dwellers of southern Tunisia; recollections of a sojourn with the khalifa of Matmata; . longer interest eithertheir family or tribe. I could not gain any informa-tion as to whether any had married within the tribeitself. Sheikh Amar has two wives; the first is namedAisha, the second Meriam. He has two sons,Abderahman (by Aisha) and JMahmud (by Meriam). Mansur, wdio bears the title of Adel (notary)of the Uled Sliman, has only one wife, named Uda,and no child. Mohammed, Kateb (scribe) to the Uled Sliman,is his fathers secretary. His first wife is calledMeriam, and by her he has a son—Ha
The cave dwellers of southern Tunisia; recollections of a sojourn with the khalifa of Matmata; . longer interest eithertheir family or tribe. I could not gain any informa-tion as to whether any had married within the tribeitself. Sheikh Amar has two wives; the first is namedAisha, the second Meriam. He has two sons,Abderahman (by Aisha) and JMahmud (by Meriam). Mansur, wdio bears the title of Adel (notary)of the Uled Sliman, has only one wife, named Uda,and no child. Mohammed, Kateb (scribe) to the Uled Sliman,is his fathers secretary. His first wife is calledMeriam, and by her he has a son—Hamed. Hissecond wife, to wdiom he was married during mystay in Hadeij, is called Mena ; she is of the UledSliman, and a native of the village that bears thename of that tribe. lOO CAVE DWELLERS The age of the Khalifas sons may be on anaverage about twenty-two, none of their wives beingprobably over twenty. Of the children of thesemarriages the eldest of the boys is about five yearsold. l^he Khalifas himily, therefore, consists of abouta score of souls, who, as will be seen further on, live. MANSUK. together; but to these must be added other mem-bers of tlie household, negroes and servants withtheir children, and a number of near relatives, and ofmen who attach themselves to the Khalifas of the latter have homes of their own, andpossess palms, olive trees and cattle, which theyfarm on their own account, but being dependants ofthe Khalifa must help him to sow and reap his corn, MATMATA MOUNTAINS- . ,ify< prune his palms, gather the dates and olives, pressthe oil, and, in short, do any work of which they arecapaUe/1 <^he Khalifa is very ri(;li. lie owns many under-ground dwellings, barns, stables and oil mills, but alarge proportion of the profits of all these must beexj^ended in providing food and shelter for theinfinity of people whom he protects^ His largelanded property and all his possessions will bedivided, when he dies, amongst his sons, who atpresent ow
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