[Lithograph 11]
BEDOUINS, FROM THE VICINITY OF SUEZ. ONE OF THE MAHÀZI AND THE OTHER OF THE SOUALEH TRIBE
The Maʻāza(Mahàzi) are Bedouins (Arab nomads) who lived in the Eastern Desert, from Suez to Qusayr on the Red Sea; the Sawāliḥa(Soualeh), in the southern Sinai Peninsula. These were the two largest tribes in the vicinity of Suez. Bedouins, unlike peasants, carried weapons, and up to this period enjoyed de facto independence from the Egyptian government, with their own political and military force.
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