Dilem

Dilem, a large and powerful branch of the Arab bedouins, on the east bank of the Euphrates, in the province of Baghdad, coterminous southwards with the Beni Laam bedouins, and ranging eastwards as far as the Persian frontier; twelve main branches - Al Mahamdeh, Al Duweb, Abu Shab, Kistan, Abu Aabed, Abu Alwan, Al Janabin, Abu Rakebah, Abu Faraj, Abu Diyab, Abu Assaf, and Abu Nimr; there are over 20,000 tents, and about 10,000 fighting men.