(midani)
Islanders who have stationary lifestyles. </p> <p> Artisans, merchants, craftsmen; even those like the wandering tinker, because his life is inexorably linked to the village or city bazaar, and therefore to the trappings of settled men. </p> <p> Many of the Al-Hadhar are poor, either laborers or farmers, but they believe themselves more civilized than the "mad" <a href="?title=al-bandi.php4">Al-Bandi</a>.