Al-Dhafeer

Al-Dhafeer (Arabic: الظفير‎‎, also known as al-Dhafeer or other variants) is an Arab tribe,^[1] a subgroup of the Tayy tribe of the Qahtanite people. Most of the tribe is in Kuwait, north-eastern Saudi Arabia, with some living in Qatar and elsewhere. The prince of the tribe is known Ibin Suwait family or Alsuwait . They are the descendants of Muhammad.

References

↑ Abu-Hakima, Ahmad Mustafa (1965). History of eastern Arabia, 1750-1800: the rise and development of Bahrain and Kuwait. Khayats. p. 36.

Arab tribes in Iraq
These prefixes ignored in the alphabetical ordering: Al, Al-Bu, Albu, Banu.
Al-Ali Banu Asad ibn Khuzaymah Al-Baggara Al Bu Badri Al-Dhafeer Dhanyal Dulaim Jubur Khafaja Banu Lam Al-Mazeedi Al-Muntafiq Al-Bu Nasir Albu Nimr Al-Obaidi Al-Rahabi Albu Salih Shammar Talafha Banu Tamim Al-Ubaid Al Uqaydat Zubaid
Part of Arab tribes

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