BACHILITAE
BACHILITAE an inland tribe of the Arabian peninsula (
Plin. Nat. 6.28. s. 32), perhaps identical with the
Anchitae (
Ἀγχῖται) of Ptolemy (
6.7.23), whom lie places on the Mons Climax next the Sabaei. They are supposed to be a branch of the Joctanite Arabs (
Beni-Kahtan), described by Burckhardt as a large tribe, the strongest and most considerable between the
Ateybe and
Hadramáut. (Forster,
Geog. of Arab. vol. ii. p. 283.)
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