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on the marriage practices of najd sheikhs. from The History of Saudi Arabia (https://books.google.com/books?id=lEIhBQAAQBAJ …):pic.twitter.com/KGJGpPIXo5
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najd bedouin society trad (and to a large extent still today) based on extended family and nested kin groups: extended family -> ashira (kinship group w/common ancestor) -> sub-tribe -> tribe. some members actually kith not kin, but point is, this is not a universalistic society.pic.twitter.com/hgp00aTCqR
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najd bedouin tribes owned/controlled pasture land and oases as a (really big!) family collective and mutal aid in times of crises organized along tribal lines. najd bedouin arab society was (is) very viscous.pic.twitter.com/JxUEuYNhBN
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