There is little doubt that Kababish is simply derived from Kabsh, i.e., a male sheep. The tribe was once weak and poor and owned no great herds of camels as they do at present, and may have been given their name as a slight at first.
-The Tribes of Northern and Central Kordofan, Harold MacMichael
KhairAllah did not own much but nonetheless thought himself a kind of millionaire, Khabeer of a Dabouka, Expert of a Herd. When he said in the film, I have millions, milliyeen, he did not have to explain what he meant…that he was driving the Kababish equivalent of Fort Knox- camels, not gold- before him.