Arab tribes in Iraq

Many Iraqis identify more or less strongly with a tribe (العشيرة'ashira). 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.

Contents

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)

ZUBAYD (The Head family of Zubayd tribe is Al Sumarmad)

Baghdad area

Mosul area

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")

Najaf area

Hilla area

Amara area

Al-Bu Badri

Basra area

Nasiriyah

Diwaniyah area

Kut area

Kirkuk area

Baquba area

Al-Bu Badri

Al Anbar area

Karbala area

Samawa area

Arab tribes in the North

Baghdad Families

Descendants of the family of the Islamic prophet Muhammad AL- Shubber (Najaf, Dewania, Hilla, Nasria, Kufa, Baghdad, Kerbala, Semawa,) Al-Bachary (Basra, Mousel) Fakhrulddin (Basra, Najaf) Al-Hakak (Basra, Najaf) 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 and Basra 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-Khorsan or Kharasan family in Najaf, Baghdad, Basra and Nasriya 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-Yasiri in Najaf, Kerballa 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-Haydari family in Baghdad and Basra Al-Alousi (AlAloosi or Al ALusi) family in Baghdad and from Alus in Northern Iraq near Rawa. (Al Alousi are Hassani Husseiny i.e descendants from both the Prophet’s grand children. 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 Al-Sharifi in Babylon and najaf

Bedouin tribes

Related organizations

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

See also

External links

References