nahhâb, ẓaʻîfhom šaḥḥâḏ).” I was unwilling, and indeed unable, to give them food, as we did not know when we should reach Tebûk, where we could obtain fresh supplies. When Mḥammad, a servant of the chief ʻAwde abu Tâjeh, to whom the ʻAlâwîn were in the habit of sending gifts, offended them by his words and gestures, they wanted to drive away our camels, declaring that they damaged their corn. Ismaʻîn, who was guarding the camels, was unable to keep them off and had fired a shot for help. Running up to the disputants I endeavored to pacify both sides and after a while succeeded. We should have liked to move on, but Rifʻat had not yet returned. When at last he came running back, he pointed to his half-torn clothing and explained that among the rocks to the west he had been attacked by shepherds and robbed of everything he had. Not until an older man came up to the shepherds and explained to them whence we came and that we had a soldier (ʻaskari) with us, did they restore a few things to him.
according to some, was then living in al-Ḥumajma but, according to others, at Kḏâr in the aš-Šera’ range, in the district al-Belḳa’ of the administrative area of Damascus and renounced all claims to the Caliphate in favor of his son.—
Following the manuscript L (London) of the Tanbîh I identify the dwelling place of the Abbassides, or Beni ʻAbbâs, mentioned in connection with al-Ḥomejma, with the region of Kḏûr situated east of al-Ḥomejma, in the southern part of aš-Šera’ near the highroad leading to al-Medîna.Al-Jaʻḳûbi, Buldân (De Goeje, 2nd edit.), p. 326, refers to al-Ḥumajma as in the aš-Šera’ range.Al-Bekri (died 1094 A.D.), Muʻǧam (Wüstenfeld), pp. 83, 284, states that al-Ḥumajma is a place in Syria. When ʻAli ibn ʻAbdallâh ibn ʻAbbâs emigrated to Syria, he settled in al-Ḥumajma and built a strongly fortified house there.Jâḳût, Muʻǧam (Wüstenfeld). Vol. 2, p. 342, mentions al-Ḥumajma as a settlement in the aš-Šera’ region on the Syrian border, which belonged to the administrative area of ʻAmmân. He states that the Abbasside dynasty dwelt there before they obtained possession of the government. Aš-Šera’ was the name of the district in which the settlement al-Ḥumajma lay. The ruins, however, are not situated in the aš-Šera’ range but upon its border in the Ḥesma’ region.Abu-l-Feda’, Taḳwîm (Reinaud and De Slane), pp. 228—229, asserts that in the neighborhood of the aš-Šera’ range there is a settlement, al-Ḥumajma, from which the Abbassides departed in order to obtain possession of the Caliphate in Irak. The village of al-Ḥumajma is situated a day’s distance from Šowbak.