Arab tribes in Iraq

Most Iraqis identify 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 tribe, there are the clan (الفخذ fukhdh), the house (البيت beit) and the extended family (الخمس khams).

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

List of major tribes ('ashira)

External Links To Map: Major Iraqi Tribes and Clans

  • Al-Azza
  • Al-Asadi
  • Albu Muhammed
  • Albu Timin
  • Albu Yaser
  • Al-Bahrani
  • Al-Douri
  • Al-Dhafeer
  • Al-Fatlah
  • Al-Glall
  • Al-Hassan
  • Al-Hawashim
  • Al-Hussona
  • Al-Janabi
  • Al-Jubour
  • Al-Khaz'il
  • Al-Khazraj
  • Al-Kindy
  • Al-Laith
  • Al-Montifig
  • Al-Yasiri
  • Al-Motairat
  • Al-Nifeesah
  • Al-Ozairij
  • Al-Qaraghoul
  • Al-Qarah
  • Al-Samarraiy
  • Al-Sawae'id
  • Al-Ssalhi
  • Al-Takaretah
  • Al-Turaihi
  • Ateeghy
  • Bani Bayat
  • Bani Hasan colloquially pronounced "Beni Hesin"
  • Bani Hjaim
  • Bani Lam
  • Bani Malik
  • Bani Rikab
  • Dulaim
  • Khafaja
  • Shammar
  • Anizah
  • Sinjar
  • Somaida'
  • Unizzah

Confederations (qabila)

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

Baghdad area

AL-ABDULWAHID(Bani-Khaled)

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")

Al Ayoubi

Najaf area

Hilla area

Amara area

Al-Bu Badri

Basra area

Nasiriyah Area

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 Muhammad

Descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his grandsons, Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali, sons of Muhammad's daughter Fatimah and his son-in-law Ali (Ali ibn Abi Talib):

Bedouin tribes

Related organizations

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

See also

References

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