Dawasir

Dawasir, one of the great Bedouin tribes of Central Arabia, who are chiefly located in the valley of like name between Nejd and Asir. They have never been visited by any European traveller, but are reported to be a lawless, predatory people, ostrich hunters, and of fine physique, very tall, and of dark almost black complexion. Some have migrated to Irak-Arabi at the head of the Persian Gulf, where the district of Dawasir. on the left bank of the Shatt-el-Arab, is named from them