Al-Ali (tribe)

Al-Ali is an Arab tribe a branch of Bani Malik originally from Central Arabia. Most of the tribe migrated by the end of 16th century from what is now Saudi Arabia to different neighboring countries.Members of Al-Ali tribe live in Saudi Arabia (especially in Ha'il), the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq and Jordan .

Al-Ali Emirate is the royal family of Ha'il city, which became a part of Saudi. Arabia in 1921. Members of this Emirate were originally the princes and rulers of Ha'il.The tribe came under control of Ibn Saud in 1921

In 1792, the ruler of Ha'il, Prince Mohammad Bin Abd Al-Muhsin Al Ali, aligned himself with the First Saudi Government and continued to rule Ha'il until 1834 when Abdullah Al-Reshaid took control of Ha'il city and the Arabian Peninsula. Al-Reshaid Emirate was an extension of Al-Ali (they share the same bloodlines).

The Al-Reshaid Family is a part of Al-Kalil which is a part of Alja'far and all of these families are related to Abda.

Ha'il city was ruled by: Mohammad Bin Abd Almuhsin Al Ali from 1792–1818. Saleh Bin Abd Almuhsin Al Ali from 1818–1834. Eissa Bin Abd Almuhsin Al Ali, recovered the Emirate from Al-Reshaid in 1837. The Emirate is now controlled by the Al Baijan family, who are a part of this tribe.

The Al-Baijan Family is located in Ha'il.

Sources
  1. History of the Saudi Government, by Amin Saeed; Fair Imam, by Abdul Hamid Al-Khatib; The Political History of Kuwait, by Hussein Al Sheikh.
  2. Notes and Stories by elderly people.

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Al-Ali tribe in Iraq

The tribal pattern in Iraq for the last four centuries is such that tribes are grouped under different banners Raya (راية, plural Rayat) and areas of influence. These groups are not necessarily blood-related but they are tribal congregations, each one stems from its own ancestry and ruled by the Shaikh (شيخ), and cooperate in war under the same banner. However, two or three tribes (Asheera عشيرة pl. Ashayer) may have the same ancestry and cooperate in war under one banner and commanded by one leader who is called Shaikh of the shaikhs (Shaikh al Mashayikh شيخ المشايخ ). The shaikh's ancestors may not be the same as those of his tribe that he commands.

Any tribe can have the name of the bigger group or keeps its name. Persons too can do the same e.g. one can be called Al-Maliki (related to Malik, the ancestor of the bigger group) and at the same time he is called Al-Ali (related to Ali), which is one of the Maliki offshoots. Some members of Al-Ali tribe call themselves Bani Hasan (the sons of Hasan) which is another tribe of the same Maliki group.

This tribal system dates back to the pre-Islamic era.

Habits of Iraqi tribes

Every Shaikh of an Iraqui tribe has a guest house called Madheef (مضيف) for hosting of the tribe's guests and refugees fleeing a tribunal too.

A settler Arab tribe has its own order of penalties and fines, called Swani (سواني), for crimes committed on its territory, in contrast to nomadic ones. Homicide and rape crimes are resolved by offering the men of the victim tribe a number of women to marry. If the assailant tribe is of another race, women are not accepted but instead they "Diyya" (د ية) in form of money or cattle. Women can only be accepted from a white tribe which is allied to the black tribe.

Al Ali tribe (آل علي)

They are one of the offshoots of Bani Malik (بني مالك) In the 16th century AD they moved north from central Arabia , UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan, but others had relocated in Iraq as described.

In the 13 th century AD they had 4000 warriors, but most of them died in the plague of 1247 A.H=1887 AD. And the number of their warriors being reduced to 150 only. At 1260 AH=1900 AD during the reign of their shaikh, Isa ibn Ehdaib, there was a severe drought which made them leave their land on the eastern bank of Euphrates and migrated near AI-Hindyiah branch of Euphrates, to the village called Janaja and some migrated to AI-Shamyiah to a place called AI-Kharabah which was given by Shaikh Thirib ibn Emghamis Al-Khaza'ali. Many of AI-Ali's still live in that area around Um-Hayaya river in Najaf Governorate.

Al Ali offshoots

An offshoot is called Fakhd (فخذ)

These divide into:

Influential people of Al-Ali

Deceased

Contemporaries

All the above contemporaries are from the Al Ghati offshoot of Al Ali.

Genealogy

The eldest member of the tribe, Abdul-Muhsin (brother of Abdul-Munim), Ibn Ali, lbn Hussein (brother of Al-Shaikh-Ali), Ibn Hammadi, Ibn Haj Ali, Ibn Mohammad, lbn Muhanna, lbn Hussein ( brother of Sultan, the ancestor of Muhammad Hasan Abi al-Mahasin the grand father of Nouri Al-Maliki, the current Iraqi prime minister), lbn Ghati, lbn Saif Aldeen (AI-Maliki) lbn Ehdaib, lbn Hirkil, Ibn ALI (after whom the tribe is named), lbn Sagr, lbn Abi-Woram, lbn Abi-Firas, Ibn Isa, Ibn Najm, Ibn Woram, lbn Hamad, Ibn Khoulan, lbn Ibrahim, lbn Malik Al-Ashtar, Ibn Al-Harith, lbn Abd-Yaluth, lbn Salama, lbn Rabi'aa, Ibn Jarid, lbn Juthaima, Ibn Sa'ad, lbn Malik, lbn Nakh' ,lbn Amr, lbn Illa, lbn Abs, Ibn Jalad, Ibn Amr, Ibn Khoulan, lbn Malik, Ibn Haritha (Khuza'a), Ibn Amr, Ibn Muzaqiba, lbn Arib, Ibn Yashjub, Ibn Zayd, Ibn Kahlan, lbn Abd Shams Saba'a (Sheba) The Great, Ibn Yashjub Ibn Yarab (after whose name are the Arabs) lbn Qahtan (Joktan of the old testament) (born B.C. 2246) Ibn ‘Abin ruler of Sheba.

Other three Al-Azd branches

In addition to the aforementioned Khuza'a branch who settled Hijaz and Mecca, the other three sons of Amr Ibn Muzaqiba have led the other 3 branches of Al-Azd in 3rd century AD to various destinations, after the flooding of their city Ma'Arab, when its dam had been destroyed by a deluge

  1. Azd Oman– descendants of Imran Ibn Amr Ibn Muzaqiba, who were established in western Arabia and invaded Karman and Shiraz in southern Persia.
  2. Ghassanids (Azd Syria) – descendants of Jafna Ibn Amr Ibn Muzaqiba, who today make up the majority of Arab Christians in Lebanon.
  3. AzdYathrib – descendants of Tha’laba Ibn Amr Ibn Muzaqiba, of his seed are the Aws and Khazraj sons of Haritha Ibn Tha’alaba who are both called the Ansar who produced the great Nasrid dynasty in Granada in Andalus (Spain).

Other influential people or various branches of Al-Azd

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