>This does prompt a question from me. To what extent are tribal kings still
>regarded as part of their clan? Obviously they will be identified with it,
>but I'd think the tribal link is regarded as "more important".
They are regarded as part of their clan. The tribal link matters only for outsiders and his authority viz-a-viz other members of the tribe.
Yes it is possible to have a tribal king to belong to a clan that you are feuding with. But there is sufficient protection for the clan in that a tribal king can't tell a chief how to run his own clan and a clan can always leave if it wants to. Only bad kings do any of these things, although they are a bit more common than one would like.
--Peter Metcalfe
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