Dulaim

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Dulaim or Dulaimi or Al Duliam or Dulaym (Arabic: الدليم) is one of the largest of all Arab tribes, with over seven million people, The tribe's history goes back to pre-Islamic times and millions descend from the tribe today in Iraq and neighboring countries such as Syria and Jordan.

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[edit] Origins

In pre-Islamic times the Dulaim tribe was known by Zubaid, according to Dulaim leaders the tribe descend from Qahtan, others believe that Dulaim descend from ancient Iraqis, while some books Suggested that the Dulaim tribe formed from a tribal alliance.

[edit] History

The tribe is believed to have included a large number of Christians and Jews before Islam, The early Islamic historical sources report that the tribe religion was Judaism and Christian.

At time the of Caliph `Umar ibn al-Khattāb he granted them the western region of Euphrates, "Al Anbar" because the tribe has participated in fighting the Persian Empire.

Until 1918 the majority of Dulaim tribe remained Bedouins.

In 1920 The Iraqi revolt against the British in Anbar and Babil was led by Sheikhs of Dulaimi clans.

Members of this tribe are commonly identifiable by the surnames of their clans or by the name Dulaimi.

[edit] Dulaim areas

The tribe is located primarily in Anbar (western Iraq), it is present in all Iraq provinces, in particular Babil, Ninawa, Baghdad, Salah ad Din and Diyala. Dulaimis are also present in central and eastern Syria and the Iranian province of Khuzestan and in Najd and northern Saudi Arabia and in southern and northern Jordan.

The large Dulaim tribe is composed from more 100 clans, found mostly in Iraq and Syria. The Dulaim tribe is mostly comprised of Sunni Muslims. However, a Shitte branch exists in Najaf, Karbala, Basra, Babil and Baghdad . They are commonly called the Al Fatlah clans.

Sunni Muslims in Iraq are predominately from the Zubaid tribes, Dulaim, Al Jubour, Al Janabi, Al Azza, and Al Ubaid. The Dulaim tribe forms the majority of the Sunnis in Iraq. In fact, all the inhabitants Al-Anbar province are Sunni Muslims from the Dulaim tribe and among inhabitants it is commonly referred to as the Al Dulaim province.

There also a large presence of Dulaim tribe in Baghdad, the inhabitants of Al-A'amiriya, Adhamiyah, Dora, Al-Ghazaliya, Al-Wazireya, Hayy Al-Mansor, Yarmouk and Al-Saydiya in Baghdad and the areas surrounding Baghdad from the south, west and north, the region that lies between Baghdad and Al Hillah are almost completely from the Dulaim tribe.

[edit] List of the clans of Dulaim tribe

Dulaim branched out into various sub-clans, who in turn branched out into further sub-clans, the Dulaim tribe Composed from more 100 clans but the major clans of Dulaim tribe are :

  • DULAIM
    • Al-Bu Ridaini
      • Al-Bu Assaf
      • Al-Bu Dhiyab
      • Al-Bu Hussein Al-Ali
      • Al-Bu Aitha
      • Al-Bu Dirnaj
      • Al-Bu Matroud
      • Al-Bu Ali
      • Al-Bu Jabir
    • Al-Bu Alwan
    • Al-Bu Fahd
    • Al-Bu Nimr
    • Al-Bu Khalifah
    • Al-Bu Mar'i
    • Al-Bu Risha
    • Al-Bu Salim
    • Al-Bu Chilaib
    • Al-Bu Mahal
    • Al-Halabsa
    • Al-Bu Ubaid
    • Al-Malahma
    • Al-Karabla
    • Al-Mahamda
    • Al-Falahat
    • Al-Bu Mahhal
    • Al-Bu Issa
    • Al-Jumeilat
    • Allahib
    • Salman
    • Al-Ghrer
    • Al-Bu Ghanm
    • Al-Bu Shihab
    • Al-Bu Sakr
    • Al-Jawaanh
    • Al-Bu Hardan
    • Al-Bu Sodah
    • Al-Bu Pali
    • Al-Bu Ghnam
    • Al-Bu Zidan
    • Al-Bu 'aamr
    • Al-Bu Khald
    • Al-Bu Mfarag
    • Al-Bu Farraj
    • Al-Fatla
    • Al-Bataha
    • Al-Anbari
    • Qarghouli
  • Al Jubour
  • Al Janabi
  • Al Azza
  • Zoba'

These clans are not independent tribes, they together are called Dulaim tribe.

Al Jubour and Al Ubaid and Al Azza and Al Janabi consider independent tribes separated from Dulaim and also descended from the Zubaid, The Zubaid tribes and Zoba' tribe are Allied to Dulaim and they all came from the same origin.

[edit] Sheiks

There are many sheikhs of al-Dulaim tribe, in fact All the sheikhs of Dulaimi clans are Dulaim Sheikhs but the famous of them are:

  • Sheikh Mazahr Abd Alkarim `Dhiab Kharbit Al-Dulaimi (Lebanon)
  • Sheikh Majed Abdul-Razzaq al-Ali (Jordan)
  • Sheikh Zeidan Khalaf Alawaad Al-Dulaim (Jordan)
  • Sheikh Mohammed Almahshn Al-Dulaimi
  • Sheikh Majid Ali Sulaiman (Jordan)
  • Sheikh Ali Hatem Ali Sulaiman (Iraq)
  • Sheikh Abdul-Jabbar Ali Sulaiman (Iraq)

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