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Revision as of 23:43, 11 April 2011

Many Iraqis identify more or less strongly with a tribe (العشيرة'ashira), and some feel a stronger loyalty to their clans or tribes than to any national government. Thirty of the 150 or so identifiable tribes in Iraq are the most influential. Tribes are grouped into federations (qabila). Below the level of the tribe, there are the clan (الفخذfukhdh), the house (البيتbeit) and the extended family (الخمسkhams).

On its accession to power in 1968, the Ba'ath party announced its opposition to tribalism (القبليةal-qabaliyya), although for pragmatic reasons, especially during the war with Iran, tribalism was sometimes tolerated or even encouraged.

Dulaim and Shammar are the major tribes in Iraq.

List of major tribes ('ashira)

External Links To Map: Major Iraqi Tribes and Clans http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/images/tribes.jpg

Confederations (qabila)

  • AL-BU MUHAMMAD centered in the Maysan governorate
  • 'ANIZA (pronounced 'Aniza) federation
  • 'AZZA federation around Balad
  • DULAIM centered in the Anbar governorate
    • Roberta'a
    • Al-Bu Ridaini
      • Al-Bu Assaf
      • Al-Bu Dhiyab
      • Al-Bu Hussein Al-Ali
      • Al-Bu Aitha
      • Al-Shareefat
      • Al-Bu Dirnaj
      • Al-Bu Matroud
      • Al-Bu Ali
      • Al-Bu Jabir
    • Al-Bu Khalifah
    • Al-Bu Mar'i
    • Al-Bu Fahd
    • Al-Bu Nimr
    • Al-Bu Salim
    • Al-Bu Chilaib
    • Al-Bu Alwan
    • Al-Halabsa
    • Al-Bu Ubaid
    • Al-Malahma
    • Al-Karabla
    • Al-Mahamda
    • Al-Falahat
    • Al-Bu Mahhal
    • Al-Bu Issa (in Fallujah)
    • Al-Jumeilat (in Fallujah)
    • Al-Bu Farraj
  • Jabouri
  • BANI KA'B federation centered south of the city of Basra and across the border in the Khuzestan province of Iran
  • KHAZA'IL
  • BANI LAM
  • BANI MALIK (related to Malik Al-Ashtar)
    • Al-Ali
    • Al-Faraj
    • Al-Ismail
    • Al-Awabid
    • Al-Humaidat
    • Al-Ibrahim
    • Bani Rzaij
    • Bani Hasan
  • MUNTAFIQ
    • Al-Sa'dun clan (tribal leaders)
    • Bani Malik
    • Bani Sa'eed
      • Al-Issa
      • Al-Bazzun
      • Al-Maryan
    • Al-Ajwad
      • Khafaja
      • Abbuda
      • Al-Ghizi
      • Bani Rikab
      • Bani Zaid
      • Jash'am
      • Al-Izayrij
      • Al-Humaid
      • I'gail
      • Al-Qarraghul
      • Al-Shuwailat
      • Al-Togia
      • Al-Zuhairiya
      • Al-Husseinat
      • Al-Asachra
      • Al-Rifai'
      • Al-Bi'aij
      • Al-Sharifat
  • RABI'A (pronounced Rubai'a) centered around the Kut city area
    • Al-Sarai
    • Al-Magasis
    • Al-Mayyah
    • Al-Amara
    • Umayr
    • Al-Zirgan
    • Chinana
  • Shammar in the Ninawa governorate
    • Shammar Al-Jarba (in Iraq, Syria and Turkey)
    • Shammar Al-Jebel (in Saudi Arabia)
    • Al-Aslam
    • Al-Sayih
    • Zoba'
    • Sinjara
  • Bani Assad
    • Al-Khayoon
    • Al-Mu'arfat or Al-bu-Ma'arfat (Al-ma'arefawi)
    • Al-Haddad
    • Al-Mazeedi
    • Bani Mushref (Al-Mushrifi)
    • Al-Jaza'ir
    • Al-Hilal
    • Al-Abbas
    • Al Shawwi
  • BANI TAMIM (sometimes written Timim or Temim) in central and southern Iraq
  • 'UBAID (in al-'Alam and Tarmiya)
  • ZUBAYD
    • Note: The 'AZZA, DULAYM, JABOURI, JANABI, SHAWI and 'UBAYD federations above are all sub-sections of the

ZUBAYD

Baghdad area

  • ( AL- Shubber )
  • Al-Dulaim (mostly Sunni)
  • Bani Tamim
  • Shammar
    • Shammer Jarba (mostly Sunni)
    • Shammer Toga (mostly Shia)
    • Zoba' (mostly Sunni)
  • Bani Assad
    • Sinjara
  • Al-Janabiyeen
  • Al-Jabouri
  • Al-Atrakchi
  • Al-Obaidi
  • Al-Nidawat
  • Al-Ubayd
  • Al-Azza
  • Al-Mishahda
  • Al-Mudarris
  • Al-Bu Mohammed
  • Al-Bu Aitha
  • Al-Kudhari
  • Al-Bu Amir
  • Al-Girtan
  • Al-Mujama'
  • Al-Malaika
  • Al-Ghrair
  • Al-Ugaydat
  • Al-Anbariyeen
  • Al-Qarraghul
  • Al-Dafaf'a
  • Al-Bu Muhyi
  • Al-Sa'eed
  • Al-Bu Farraj
  • Al-Bu Mafraj
  • Al-Falahat
  • Al-Halabsa
  • Al-Jihaish
  • Al-Ma'een
  • Al-Ma'amra
  • Al-Lihaib
  • Al-Shortan
  • Al-Bu Issa
  • Al-Soudan
  • Al-Beidhan
  • Al-Fartus
  • Al-Suwa'id
  • Bani Lam
  • Rubai'a
  • Khazraj
  • Ka'ab

Mosul area

  • Shammar
  • Al-Jabouri
  • al-shairfat
  • Al-Dulaim
  • Al-Lihaib
  • Al-Bu Hamad
  • Al-Obaidi
  • Al-Bu Hamdan
  • Al-Bu Badran
  • Al-Bu Mitaywit
  • Al-Baggara
  • Al-Hayyaliyeen
  • Al-Ugaydat
  • Al-Jihaish
  • Al-Ubaid
  • Al-Marasma
  • Al-Mudarris
  • Al-Azza
  • Farhat
  • Hadid
  • Bayyat
  • Sharabiyeen
  • Bani Khalid
  • Sab'a
  • Ma'amra
  • Ghrair
  • Zoba'
  • Ni'aim
  • Harb
  • Khazraj
    • Descendants of the Khazraj section of the Ansar
  • Tayy
    • Note: SHAMMAR is a subsection of the Tayy

Tikrit area

Other Families from this region are: - AL-Sonbola (its origin from ALSanabis Branch of Tai Tribe, also its one of the tribes from Tikrit "AL-Tekriti")

  • Al-Jabouri
  • Al-Dulaim
    • Al-Tikriti
  • Al-Bu Nasir
  • al-sharifat
  • Al-Bu Latif
  • Al-Hadithiyyin
    • Rifa'iyyin
  • Al-Ubaid
  • Al-Shawi
  • Al-Azza
  • Al-Bayyat
  • Al Ayoubi
  • Al-Jaisat
  • Al-Ma'een
  • Al-Bu Hamdan
  • Al-Bu Jawari
  • Al-Baggara
  • Al-Tarabla
  • Shammar
  • Jumaila
  • Janabiyeen
  • Subaihat
  • Harb
  • Sumaida'
  • Tamim
  • Khazraj
  • Ni'aim
  • Asha'sha
  • Al-Mujamma'
  • Al-Ahbab
  • Al-Magadma
  • Al-Nuwashit
  • Al-Bu Mudallal
  • Al-Bu Jum'a
  • Al-Bu Bazzun
  • Al-Shayaysha
  • Al-Hayyali
  • Al-Marasma
  • Al-Bu Ajeel
  • Al-Bu Farraj
    • Juwa'ina (in Baiji)
  • Al-Lihaib (in Sharqat)
  • Al-Mishahdah (in Tarmiya)
    • An individual from this tribe will have the name of Mash-hadani
  • Al-Mashayikh in Tarmiya and in Al-Hawejah(The individual called Al-Mashayikhi)
  • Al-Suwamra (an individual from the tribes of Samarra', called Al-Samarra'i)
    • Al-Bu Issa
    • Al-Bu Abbas
    • Al-Bu Darraj
    • Al-By Baz
    • Al-Bu Aswad
    • Al-Bu Badri
    • Al-Bu Nissan
    • Al-Bu Udhaim
    • Al-Bu Milais

Najaf area

  • Al-Balaghi
  • Al-Shubber
  • Al-Arajie
  • Al-Harris
  • Bani Hassan
  • Al-Fatla (independent subsection of the Dulaim)
  • Al-Ghazalat
  • Al-shairfat
  • Al-Shibil
  • Al-Ibrahim (Bani Malik)
  • Al-Ali (Bani Malik)
  • Al-Jaryu
  • Al-Yassir
  • Al-Kobenchi
  • Al-Zayyad
  • Al-Khaza'il
  • Al-Akayishi
  • Al-Jabouri
  • Al-Janabat
  • Al-Zagareet
  • Al-Ugaydat
  • Al-Zuhairiya
  • Al-Bahash
  • Al-Shuwafi'
  • Al-Bayyat
  • Al-Dulaim
  • Al-Najim
  • Abu Gulal (Al-Taie)
  • Bani Assad
  • Bani Malik
  • Bani Khalid
  • Ka'ab
  • Anniza
  • Mutayrat
  • Chalabat

Hilla area

  • AL-Shubber
  • Al-Fallouji
  • Al-Hillawi
  • Al-Dulaim
  • Al-Ali (Bani Malik)
  • Al-Bu Sultan
  • Zubayd
  • Al-Jabouri
  • Al-Bu Amir
  • Al-Mas'oud
  • Al-Janabi
  • Al-Jihaish
  • Al-Ma'amra
  • Al-Qarraghul
  • Al-Anbariyeen
  • Al-Yasar
  • Al-Azza
  • Al-Bu Ajeel
  • Al-Bu Alwan
  • Al-Shujairiya
  • Al-Amar
  • Al-Bu Hamad
  • Al-Bayyat
  • Al-Ubaid
  • Al-Fatla
  • Al-Shuwafi'
  • Al-Idhariyun
  • Al-Mishahda
  • Al-Qarraghul
  • Al-Sa'eed
  • Al-Girtan
  • Al-Khanafsa
  • Al-Mahhaniya
  • Al-Grai'at
  • Bani Hassan
  • Bani Malik
  • Bani Assad
  • Khaigan
  • Turuf
  • Ghrair
  • Tufayl
  • Bi'aij
  • Jash'am
  • Shammar
  • Zoba'
  • Khafaja

Amara area

  • Al-Ijoly
  • Bani Lam
  • Al-Bu Mohammed
  • Bani Assad
  • Al-Izayrij
  • Al-Bu Darraj
  • Al-Soudan
  • Al-Beidhan
  • Al-Sarai
  • Al-Bahadli
  • Al-Suwa'id
  • Al-Issa
  • Al-Maryan
  • Al-Bazzoun
  • Al-Fartus
  • Al-Firayjat
  • Bani Malik
  • Ka'ab
  • Chinana
  • Bani Zaid
  • Al-Sarai
  • Al-Halaf
  • Al-Wihaylat
  • Al-Magasis
  • Al-Jabouri
  • Al-Fikaikat
  • Al-Bu Nida
  • Al-Bu Sultan
  • Al-Shuwailat
  • Al-Thehebat

Al-Bu Badri

Basra area

  • Al-Dulaim
  • BANI KA'B
  • BANI ASSAD
  • Muhaysin
  • BANI MALIK
  • BANI TAMIM
  • Bani Qais
  • Bani Lam
  • Bani Mansour
  • Bani Khalid
  • Al-Shirish
  • Al-Ali
  • Al-Shami
  • Al-Thehebat
  • Shammar
  • Bani Wa'il
  • Bani Salim
  • Bani Sa'ad
  • Khaza'il
  • Al-Bu Shawi
  • Al-Jannabi
  • Al-shairfat
  • Al-Sayamur
  • Al-Mayyah
  • Al-Mutawr
  • Al-Halaf
  • Al-Eidan
  • Al-Gatarna
  • Al-Garamsha
  • Al-Shaghanba
  • Al-Suwa'id
  • Al-Ghanim
  • Al-Battat
  • Al-Bawiya
  • Al-Jal'a
  • Al-Shalha
  • Al-Bdeer
  • Al-Dair
  • Al-Nashwa
  • Al-Hasawiya
  • Al-Bidor
  • Bani Khalid
  • Bani Bakr
  • Hacham
  • Al-Neama
  • Ibada
  • Khafaja
  • Khaigan
  • Sa'ad
  • Badran
  • Hajjaj
  • Hutait
  • Rubai'a
    • Al-Amara
  • Mizair'a
  • Anniza
  • Al-Dhufair (Bedouin)
  • Al-Duwasir (Bedouin)
  • Al-Mutayr (Bedouin)
  • Sulaib (Bedouin)
  • Al- Shubber
  • Al Judai
Al jelal
Nasiriyah area 
  • AL-Shubber
  • Al-Shuwailat
  • Al-Khairalla
  • Al-Rikabi
  • Bani Assad
  • Al-Budor also known as Al-Badri
  • Bani Wa'il
  • Almuajid
  • Shammar
  • Bani Tamim
  • Bani Ka'b
  • Al-Awabid
  • Al-Wishah (Al-Mutasher) www.alwishah.org WWW.ALWISHAH.COM
  • Al-shairfat also known as al-shuraifi
  • AL-owwyad
  • Al-sheriff
  • Al-rayy
  • Aljewareen also known as al-jorani
  • AlGizzi

Diwaniyah area

  • AL-Shubber
  • Al-Khaza'il
  • Al-Bidair
  • Al-Dulaim
  • Al-Jabouri
  • Al-Agra'
  • Al-Zayyad
  • Al-Ibrahim
  • AL-hassasrah
  • Afaj
  • Zubayd
  • Jilaiha
  • Al-Bahahtha
  • Al-Zirfat
  • Al-Kurd
  • Al-A'ajeeb
  • Al-Ardhiyat
  • Al-Awabid
  • Al-Izayrij
  • Al-Bidor
  • Al-Bu Nashi
  • Al-Sa'eed
  • Al-Mahhaniya
  • Al-Ghazalat
  • Al-Shibil
  • AL-Shubber
  • Al-Janabat
  • Al-Anaksha
  • Bani Hichaim
  • Bani Sallama
  • Bi'aij
  • Chabsha
  • Mutayrat

Kut area

  • Rubai'a
    • Al-Shohman
  • Zubayd
  • Shammar Toga
  • Bani Assad
  • Bani Lam
  • Giraish
  • Al-Dulaim
  • Al-Mayyah
  • Al-ghrib
  • Al-Magasis
  • Al-Sarai
  • Al-Jabouri
  • Al-Zirgan
  • Al-Azza
  • Al-Bayyat
  • Al-Gawwam
  • Al-Chalabiyeen
  • Umayr
  • Al-Fudhul
  • Al-Juraniya
  • Al-Bu Ajeel
  • Al-Bu Hayyat
  • Al-Zuwamil
  • Al-Fahad
  • Al-Jihaish
  • Al-Shuwailat
  • Al-Ubaid
  • Al-Janabat
  • Al-Ugaydat
  • Al-Shujairiya
  • Al-Bu Amir
  • Al-Ma'amra
  • Al-Dafaf'a
  • Hacham
  • Al-Bidair
  • Al-Ni'aim
  • Bani Sa'ad
  • Khazraj
  • Bani Zaid
  • Tamim
  • Suwa'id
  • Sumaida'
  • Dirai'
  • I'gail
  • Al-Humaid
  • Bani Rikab
  • Bani eugba

Kirkuk area

  • Al-Shawi
  • Al-Ubaid
  • Al-Jabouri
  • Al-Dulaim
  • Al-Ni'aim
  • Al-Bayyat
  • Al-Azza
  • Al-Bu Mafraj
  • Bani Izz
  • Bani Zaid
  • Shammar
  • Harb
  • Qays
  • Tamim
  • Hadid
  • Sab'a
  • Al-Rijaibat
  • Al-Mishayikh
  • Al-Shahwan
  • Al-Baggara
  • Al-Bu Hamdan
  • Al-Bu Aitha
  • Al-Jumaila
  • Al-Sumaida'
  • Al-Bu Jum'a
  • Al-Bu Bazzun
  • Al-Jihaish
  • Al-Bu Nasir
  • Al-Qaraghul
  • Al-Bidair
  • Ghrair
  • Khafaja

Baquba area

  • Al-Azza
  • Al-Jabouri
  • Al-Dulaim
  • Shammar
  • Al-Ubaid
  • Bani Lam
  • Bani Zaid
  • Al-Ambakiya
  • Al-Bayyat
  • Al Taie
  • Bani Ways
  • Al-Girtan
  • Al-Dulaim
  • Al-Kurwiya
  • Al-Tatran
  • Al-Ma'amra
  • Al-Mujamma'
  • Al-Ja'afra
  • Al-Dafaf'a
  • Al-Sigoug
  • Al-Karkhiya
  • Al-Khishalat
  • Al-Maghamis
  • Al-Mahdiya
  • Tamim
  • Al-Zuhairiya
  • Al-Dainiya
  • Al-Suwa'id
  • Al-Ugaydat
  • Al-Bu Amir
  • Al-Lihaib
  • Al-Dilfiya
  • Al-Ridainiya
  • Al-Khailaniya
  • Al-Nida
  • Al-Sumaida'
  • Al-Bu Jawari
  • Al-Mayyah
  • Al-Husseinat
  • Al-Suwakin
  • Al-Marasma
  • Al-Mishahda
  • Shammar Toga
  • Bani Khalid
  • Hayyaliyeen
  • Bani Izz
  • Al-Bu Farraj
  • Al-Bu Mafraj
  • Al-Sa'eed
  • Al-Mu'alla
  • Al-Hiraith
  • Al-Arkiya
  • Harb
  • Jaisat
  • Khazraj
  • Hadid
  • Khafaja
  • Rubai'a
  • Chachan
  • Gimai'at

Al-Bu Badri

Al Anbar area

  • Al-Dulaim (including 69 clan)
    • Zoba'

Karbala area

  • AL-Shubber
  • Bani Assad (70-80% Population of Karbala)
  • Al-Ali(Bani Malik)
  • Bani Hassan
  • Al-Mas'ud
  • Al-Atrakchi
  • Khafaja
  • Al-Yasar
  • Al-Bu Sultan
  • Al-Fatla (Al-Fatla is a subsection of the Al-Dulaim)
  • Al-Grait
  • Tufayl
  • Al-Jabouri
  • Al-Janabi
  • Shammar
  • Anniza
  • Abbouda
  • Al-Bu Amir
  • Al-Karaksha
  • Al-Anbariyeen
  • Bahadil
  • Jash'am
  • Al-Sa'eed
  • Al-Zagareet
  • Harb
  • Al-Girtan
  • Al-Mishahda
  • Al-Ma'amra
  • Al-Fudhul
  • Shibil
  • Mutayr
  • Bani Khalid
  • Jilaiha
  • Tamim
  • Al-Girtan
  • Al-Shareefat
  • Al-Hasawiya

Samawa area

  • AL- Shubber
  • Al-Khaza'il
  • Al-Dhuwalim
  • Al-Zayyad
  • Al-Bu Hassaan
  • Bani Hichaim
  • Al-Budor
  • Al-Jabouri
  • Bani Ziraij
  • Al-A'ajeeb
  • Al-Juwabir
  • Abs
  • Bani Aridh
  • Al-Fartus
  • Al-Tawba
  • Al-Ajwad
  • Bani Zaid
  • Al-Sufran
  • Al-Dulaim
  • Al-Dhufayr
  • Al-Ghizi
  • Anezah

Arab tribes in the North

  • Al-Jabouri
  • Sab'a
  • Tai'
  • Sumaida'
  • Harb
  • Al-Lihaib
  • Al-Yasar
  • Hadid
  • Al-Ni'aim
  • Al-Bayyat
  • Ghrair
  • Al-Ugaydat
  • Dulaim

Baghdad Families

  • Al-Mudallal
  • AL- Shubber
  • Al-Jamali
  • Al-Chalabi
  • Al-Obaidi
  • Al-sherifi
  • Al-Bu Badri
  • Al-Pachachi
  • Al-Omari
  • Al-Gailani
  • Al-Orfeli
  • Al-Rawi
  • Al-Ani
  • Al-Hadithi
  • Al-Na'ib
  • Al-Qassab (part of Jasham tribe)
  • Al-Sa'di
  • Al-Qashtini
  • Al-Sinawi
  • Al-Wa'idh
  • Al-Suwaidi
  • Al-Alousi
  • Al-Jameel
  • Al-Haydari
  • Al-Tabaqchali
  • Al-Shawwaf
  • Al-Akhras
  • Al-Sheikh Ali
  • Al-Wiswasi
  • Al-Kalkhan
  • Al-Madfa'i
  • Al-Witri
  • Al-Khudairi
  • Al-Radhi
  • Al-Gayyara
  • Al-Tataar
  • Al-Suwari
  • Al-Defteri
  • Al-Mutair
  • Al-Farhad
  • Al-Ghawwas
  • Al-Roznamachi
  • Al-Farisi
  • Al-Chadirchi
  • Al-Naqshabandi
  • Al-Qarraghouli
  • Al-Fikaiki
  • Al-Douri
  • Al-Talabani
  • Al-Berzenchi
  • Al-Baban
  • Al-Khateeb
  • Al-Sheikhli
  • Al-Khayyat
  • Al-Baqqal
  • Al-Duroubi
  • Al-Rehbi
  • Al-Zahawi
  • Al-Kurdi
  • Al-Mudarris
  • Al-Qaissi
  • Al-Hashimi
  • Al-Bazirgan
  • Al-Hindi
  • Al-Jaibachi
  • Al-Jorbechi
  • Al-Shafi'i
  • Al-Shawka
  • Al-Sadr
  • Al-Daghistani
  • Al-Kubba
  • Al-Shalchi
  • Al-Shalchi Musa
  • Al-Marayati
  • Al-Dhahir
  • Al-Mizraqchi
  • Al-Qaimachi
  • Al-Qalamchi
  • Al-Taliqani
  • Al-Cherchefchi
  • Al-Dijaili
  • Al-Damerchi
  • Al-Khalisi
  • Al-Sheikh Yassin
  • Abu Al-Timen
  • Al-Wardi
  • Al-Rifa'i
  • Al-Khaseki
  • Al-Shakarchi
  • Al-Mawla
  • Al-Shibeebi
  • Al-Hiti
  • Al-Bassam
  • Al-Atrushi
  • Al-Saffar
  • Al-A'dhami
  • Al-Melluki
  • Al-Bunniya
  • Al-Dargazli
  • Al-Assaf
  • Al-Aseel
  • Al-Jezrawi
  • Al-Aqrawi
  • Al-Kirkukli
  • Al-Bahrani
  • Al-Kashif Al-Ghita
  • Al-Sheikh Radhi
  • Al-Yassiri
  • Al-Alawi
  • Al-Qadhi
  • Al-Wattar
  • Al-Shabandar
  • Al-Sheikh Issa
  • Al-Dellah
  • Al-Rayyis
  • Al-Salih
  • Al-Shawi
  • Al-Baghdadi
  • Al-Kahya
  • Al-Mandilawi
  • Al-Ayoubi
  • Al-Hajj Sirri
  • Al-Ugaili
  • Al-Ghannam
  • Al-Awqati
  • Al-Dabbagh
  • Al-Khalidi
  • Al-Qazzaz
  • Al-Jadir
  • Al-Jabouri
  • Al-Najjar
  • Al-Wazeer
  • Al-Kammouna
  • Al-Kannouna
  • Al-Ni'aimi
  • Al-Hayyali
  • Al-Attar
  • Al-Zaini
  • Al-Witwit
  • Al-Taweel
  • Al-Shagra
  • Al-Khirsan
  • Al-Abu Righeef
  • Al-Awsi
  • Al-Baratli(section of Al-Bu Sultan)
  • Al-Qara Ali
  • Al-Jawahiri
  • Al-Dabouni
  • Al-Kubaisi
  • Al-Windawi
  • Al-Alwash
  • Al-Khudhair
  • Al-Tuwaijri
  • Al-Dahhan
  • Al-Abu Naila
  • Al-Bazzaz
  • Al-Shubbar
  • Al-Tayyar
  • Al-Hassani
  • Al-Hussouna
  • Al-Mawla
  • Al-Abu Tibeekh
  • Al-Ghalibi
  • Al-Fayyadh
  • Al-Allaq
  • Al-Bakka'
  • Maghazaji
  • Jaffar Naji


  • Descendants of the noble family of the Prophet Muhammad

AL - Shubber

    • AL-Hakim
    • AL-Bachary
    • AL-Khorsan
    • Fakhrulddin
    • AL-Mudhafer
    • AL-Hakak
    • Barakat
    • AL-Naqib
    • Al Diwan
    • Al-Moula
    • al-Sadoun
  • From the Bani Khalid (Khawalid)
    • Muhammad Al-'Isa
    • Al-'Abdul-Wahid
  • Najdi families
    • AL-Shawi
    • AL-Zuhair
  • Other families
    • al-Beder
    • Al-Haydari
    • al-Shamkhany
    • al-Khudairy
    • AL-Kalkhan
    • al-Mandeel
    • al-Nama
    • al-Rasheed
    • Baraak
    • Basha-Ayan
    • Bacha-Chi
    • Sheikh Khaz'al
    • Khan (Mohammed Khan Family)
    • Al-maliky
    • Al Mosawi or Musawi

Bedouin tribes

  • 'Anezah (The royal families of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain are traced to this tribe. The paramount sheikh lives in western Iraq. This is one of the largest Arab tribes, with clans in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Gulf countries, Iraq, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Turkey and Egypt. This tribe was mentioned in pre-islamic Arabia. some but not all anezah clans were nomads or semi-nomads)
  • Al-Mutayr
  • Al-Dulaim
  • Al-Sulaib
  • Al-Bu Mitaywit
  • Harb
  • Shammar Al-Sulbah
    • Al-Kharsa
    • Sinjara
    • Zoba'
    • Al-Sayih
  • Al-Zayyad
  • Al-Jaghayfa
  • Bani Khalid (plural Al-Khawalid)
  • Bani Rikab
  • Al-Shareefat
  • Al-Rifai'
  • Al-Zagareet


Descendants of the family of the Islamic prophet Muhammad

Al-Marashi (Najaf) Al-Awadi (Najaf) Al-Mossawi Al Yaseen (Najaf) Al-Mushahadah in Tarmiya Al-Ni'aym in Kirkuk, Hawija and Baghdad Al-Bu Milais in Samarra Al-Bu Badri in Samarra Al-Bu Baz in Samarra Al-Bu Aswad in Samarra Al-Bu Abbas in Samarra Al-Bu Darraj in Samarra Al-Bu Issa in Samarra Al-Bu Nissan in Samarra Al-Bu Udhaym in Samarra Al-Marasma in Balad, Samarra and Baquba Al-Tarabla in Tikrit Al-Bu Nasir in Tikrit Al-Hadid (plural al-Hadidiyun) Al-Naqib family in Basra Al-Sadoun in Basra Al-Ridaini in Basra Barakat family in Basra Al-Hakim family in Najaf Kamuna family in Najaf Al-Qizwini family in Najaf Al-Tabataba'i family in Najaf Bahr Al-Uloom family in Najaf Al-Rifai family in Baghdad and Tikrit Al- Khoei family in Najaf Al-Kharsan family in Najaf Al-Zuwain or Zwayne or Zouein family in Najaf Baghdad and Mosul Al-Zaini family in Najaf Al-Taliqani family in Najaf Al-Allaq family in Najaf Al-Faqih family in Najaf Al-Jaza'iri family in Najaf Al-Keshwan family in Najaf Al-Hilu family in Najaf Al-Safi family in Najaf Al-Ghraifi family in Najaf Al-Sharmuti family in Najaf Al-Hamami family in Najaf Al-Abu Tubikh family in Najaf Al-Yasir in Najaf Shubbar family in Najaf Al-Saraf family in Najaf Al-Adhari in Al Diwaniyah Al-Suwafi in Diwaniyah Hashimi family in Baghdad, descendants of the former royal family Al-Gailani family in Baghdad Al-Haideri family in Baghdad Al-Alusi family in Baghdad Al-Tatar family in Baghdad Al-Wa'idh family in Baghdad Al-Witri family in Baghdad Al-Shahristani family in Baghdad Al-Sadr family in Baghdad and Najaf Al-Haboubi family in Baghdad and Najaf Utayfa family in Baghdad Witwit family in Hilla Al-Rifa'i family in Basra, Baghdad, Samarra and Ana Al-Muwashit in Ad-Dawr Al-Mishayikhoun in Dujail Al-A'raji family in Mosul, Baghdad and Najaf Al-Husseini family in Mosul Al-Bu Sab'a in Mosul Al-Sada in Tal Afar Al-Barzanchi family in Sulaimaniya and Arbil Al-Naqshabandi family in Sulaimaniya Al-Kasnazani family in Kirkuk Al-Talabani family in Kirkuk Al-Dawudi family in Kirkuk Al-Rijaibat in Kirkuk and Baquba Al-Kaysey in Baghdad Maghazaji in Baghdad

  • Iraq Tribes Council
  • National Council of Iraqi Tribes
  • National Alliance of Tribes and Clans of Iraq
  • Democratic Grouping of Iraqi Tribes
  • Iraqi Sheikhs Council (ISC).., Ref.: Sheikh M.Al-ABDULWAHID (Al-Khaledi)

Al suadi (baghdad) Al obaydee (Diala) Al Najim ( Baghdad)

See also

References

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