Arab tribes in Iraq
Many Iraqis identify more or less strongly with a tribe ('ashira ), and some feel a stronger loyalty to their clans or tribes than to any national government. 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 (fukhdh ), the house (beit ) and the extended family (khams ).
On its accession to power in 1968, the Ba'ath party announced its opposition to
tribalism (al-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.
List of major tribes ('ashira )
External Links To Map:
Major Iraqi Tribes and Clans
Confederations (qabila )
AL-BU MUHAMMAD centered in the Maysan governorate
'ANIZA (pronounced 'Aniza) federation
'AZZA federation around Balad
DULAIM centered in the Anbar governorate
Al-Bu Ridaini
Al-Bu Assaf
Al-Bu Dhiyab
Al-Bu Hussein Al-Ali
Al-Bu Aitha
Al-Shareefat
Al-Bu Dirnaj
Al-Bu Matroud
Al-Bu Ali
Al-Bu Jabir
Al-Bu Khalifah
Al-Bu Mar'i
Al-Bu Fahd
Al-Bu Nimr
Al-Bu Salim
Al-Bu Chilaib
Al-Bu Alwan
Al-Halabsa
Al-Bu Ubaid
Al-Malahma
Al-Karabla
Al-Mahamda
Al-Falahat
Al-Bu Mahhal
Al-Bu Issa (in Fallujah)
Al-Jumeilat (in Fallujah)
Al-Bu Farraj
JUBOUR
BANI KA'B federation centered south of the city of Basra and across the border in the Khuzestan province of IranKHAZA'IL
BANI LAM
BANI MALIK (related to Malik Al-Ashtar)
Al-Ali
Al-Faraj
Al-Ismail
Al-Awabid
Al-Humaidat
Al-Ibrahim
Bani Rzaij
Bani Hasan
MUNTAFIQ
Al-Sa'dun clan (tribal leaders)
Bani Malik
Bani Sa'eed
Al-Issa
Al-Bazzun
Al-Maryan
Al-Ajwad
Khafaja
Abbuda
Al-Ghizi
Bani Rikab
Bani Zaid
Jash'am
Al-Izayrij
Al-Humaid
I'gail
Al-Qarraghul
Al-Shuwailat
Al-Togia
Al-Zuhairiya
Al-Husseinat
Al-Asachra
Al-Rifai'
Al-Bi'aij
Al-Sharifat
RABI'A (pronounced Rubai'a) centered around the Kut city area
Al-Sarai
Al-Magasis
Al-Mayyah
Al-Amara
Umayr
Al-Zirgan
Chinana
Shammar in the Ninawa governorate
Shammar Al-Jarba (in Iraq, Syria and Turkey)
Shammar Al-Jebel (in Saudi Arabia)
Al-Aslam
Al-Sayih
Zoba'
Sinjara BANI TAMIM (sometimes written Timim or Temim) in central and southern Iraq
al-Suhail clan (tribal leaders) near Abu Ghuraib
al-Turshan section centered in the Diyala governorate
al-Kan'an section in the Basra governorate and across the border in the Khuzestan province of Iran 'UBAID (in al-'Alam and Tarmiya)
ZUBAYD
Note: The 'AZZA, DULAYM, JABUR, Janabi and 'UBAYD federations above are all sub-sections of the
ZUBAYD
Baghdad area
Al-Dulaim (mostly Sunni) Bani Tamim (mostly Shia)Shammar
Shammer Jarba (mostly Sunni)
Shammer Toga (mostly Shia)
Zoba' (mostly Sunni)
Sinjara Al-Janabiyeen
Al-Jubour
Al-Nidawat
Al-Ubayd
Al-Azza
Al-Mishahda
Al-Bu Mohammed
Al-Bu Aitha
Al-Kudhari
Al-Bu Amir
Al-Girtan
Al-Mujama'
Al-Malaika
Al-Ghrair
Al-Ugaydat
Al-Anbariyeen
Al-Qarraghul
Al-Dafaf'a
Al-Bu Muhyi
Al-Sa'eed
Al-Bu Farraj
Al-Bu Mafraj
Al-Falahat
Al-Halabsa
Al-Jihaish
Al-Ma'een
Al-Ma'amra
Al-Lihaib
Al-Shortan
Al-Bu Issa
Al-Soudan
Al-Beidhan
Al-Fartus
Al-Suwa'id
Bani Lam
Rubai'a
Khazraj
Ka'ab
Mosul area
Shammar Al-Jubour
al-shairfat
Al-Dulaim
Al-Lihaib
Al-Bu Hamad
Al-Bu Hamdan
Al-Bu Badran
Al-Bu Mitaywit
Al-Baggara
Al-Hayyaliyeen
Al-Ugaydat
Al-Jihaish
Al-Ubaid
Al-Marasma
Al-Azza
Farhat
Hadid
Bayyat
Sharabiyeen
Bani Khalid
Sab'a
Ma'amra
Ghrair
Zoba'
Ni'aim
Harb
Khazraj
Descendants of the Khazraj section of the Ansar
Tayy
Note: SHAMMAR is a subsection of the Tayy
Tikrit area
Other Families from this region are:
Al-Jubour
Al-Dulaim
Al-Bu Nasir
al-sharifat
Al-Bu Latif
Al-Hadithiyyin
Al-Ubaid
Al-Azza
Al-Bayyat
Al Ayoubi
Al-Jaisat
Al-Ma'een
Al-Bu Hamdan
Al-Bu Jawari
Al-Baggara
Al-Tarabla
Shammar
Jumaila
Janabiyeen
Subaihat
Harb
Sumaida'
Tamim
Khazraj
Ni'aim
Asha'sha
Al-Mujamma'
Al-Ahbab
Al-Magadma
Al-Nuwashit
Al-Bu Mudallal
Al-Bu Jum'a
Al-Bu Bazzun
Al-Shayaysha
Al-Hayyali
Al-Marasma
Al-Bu Ajeel
Al-Bu Farraj
Al-Lihaib (in Sharqat)
Al-Mishahdah (in Tarmiya)
An individual from this tribe will have the name of Mash-hadani
Al-Mashayikh in Tarmiya and in Al-Hawejah(The individual called Al-Mashayikhi)
Al-Suwamra (an individual from the tribes of Samarra', called Al-Samarra'i)
Al-Bu Issa
Al-Bu Abbas
Al-Bu Darraj
Al-By Baz
Al-Bu Aswad
Al-Bu Badri
Al-Bu Nissan
Al-Bu Udhaim
Al-Bu Milais
Najaf area
Bani Hassan
Al-Fatla (independent subsection of the Dulaim)
Al-Ghazalat
Al-shairfat
Al-Shibil
Al-Ibrahim
Al-Ali (Bani Malik)
Al-Jaryu
Al-Yassir
Al-Zayyad
Al-Khaza'il
Al-Jubour
Al-Janabat
Al-Zagareet
Al-Ugaydat
Al-Zuhairiya
Al-Zirfat
Al-Shuwafi'
Al-Bayyat
Al-Dulaim
Abu Gulal (Al-Taie)
Bani Assad
Bani Malik
Bani Khalid
Ka'ab
Anniza
Mutayrat
Chalabat
Hilla area
Al-Dulaim
Al-Ali (Bani Malik)
Al-Bu Sultan
Zubayd
Al-Jubour
Al-Bu Amir
Al-Mas'oud
Al-Janabi
Al-Jihaish
Al-Ma'amra
Al-Qarraghul
Al-Anbariyeen
Al-Yasar
Al-Azza
Al-Bu Ajeel
Al-Bu Alwan
Al-Shujairiya
Al-Amar
Al-Bu Hamad
Al-Bayyat
Al-Ubaid
Al-Fatla
Al-Shuwafi'
Al-Idhariyun
Al-Mishahda
Al-Qarraghul
Al-Sa'eed
Al-Girtan
Al-Khanafsa
Al-Mahhaniya
Al-Grai'at
Bani Hassan
Bani Malik
Bani Assad
Khaigan
Turuf
Ghrair
Tufayl
Bi'aij
Jash'am
Shammar
Zoba'
Khafaja
Amara area
Bani Lam
Al-Bu Mohammed
Al-Izayrij
Al-Bu Darraj
Al-Soudan
Al-Beidhan
Al-Sarai
Al-Bahadli
Al-Suwa'id
Al-Issa
Al-Maryan
Al-Bazzoun
Al-Fartus
Al-Firayjat
Bani Malik
Ka'ab
Chinana
Bani Zaid
Al-Sarai
Al-Halaf
Al-Wihaylat
Al-Magasis
Al-Jubour
Al-Fikaikat
Al-Bu Nida
Al-Bu Sultan
Al-Shuwailat
Basra area
Al-Dulaim
BANI KA'B
Bani Malik
Bani Assad
BANI TAMIM Bani Mansour
Bani Khalid
Al-Shirish
Al-shairfat
Al-Sayamur
Al-Mayyah
Al-Mutawr
Al-Halaf
Al-Eidan
Al-Gatarna
Al-Garamsha
Al-Shaghanba
Al-Suwa'id
Al-Ghanim
Al-Battat
Al-Bawiya
Al-Jal'a
Al-Shalha
Al-Dair
Al-Nashwa
Al-Hasawiya
Al-Bidor
Bani Khalid
Hacham
Ibada
Khafaja
Khaigan
Sa'ad
Badran
Hajjaj
Hutait
Rubai'a
Mizair'a
Al-Dhufair (Bedouin)
Al-Duwasir (Bedouin)
Al-Mutayr (Bedouin)
Anniza (Bedouin)
Sulaib (Bedouin)
Nasiriyah area
Aljewareen
Almuajid
Al-Wishah
Al-shairfat
AL-owwyad
Al-sherif
Al-rayy
Diwaniyah area
Al-Khaza'il
Al-Bidair
Al-Dulaim
Al-Jubour
Al-Agra'
Al-Zayyad
Al-Ibrahim
AL-hassasrah
Afaj
Zubayd
Jilaiha
Al-Bahahtha
Al-Zirfat
Al-Kurd
Al-A'ajeeb
Al-Ardhiyat
Al-Awabid
Al-Izayrij
Al-Bidor
Al-Bu Nashi
Al-Sa'eed
Al-Mahhaniya
Al-Ghazalat
Al-Shibil
Al-Janabat
Al-Anaksha
Bani Hichaim
Bani Sallama
Bi'aij
Chabsha
Mutayrat
Kut area
Rubai'a
Zubayd
Shammar Toga
Bani Lam
Giraish
Al-Dulaim
Al-Mayyah
Al-Magasis
Al-Sarai
Al-Jubour
Al-Zirgan
Al-Azza
Al-Bayyat
Al-Gawwam
Al-Chalabiyeen
Umayr
Al-Fudhul
Al-Juraniya
Al-Bu Ajeel
Al-Bu Hayyat
Al-Zuwamil
Al-Fahad
Al-Jihaish
Al-Shuwailat
Al-Ubaid
Al-Janabat
Al-Ugaydat
Al-Shujairiya
Al-Bu Amir
Al-Ma'amra
Al-Dafaf'a
Hacham
Al-Bidair
Al-Ni'aim
Bani Sa'ad
Khazraj
Bani Zaid
Tamim
Suwa'id
Sumaida'
Dirai'
I'gail
Al-Humaid
Bani Rikab
Kirkuk area
Al-Ubaid
Al-Jubour
Al-Dulaim
Al-Ni'aim
Al-Bayyat
Al-Azza
Al-Bu Mafraj
Bani Izz
Bani Zaid
Shammar
Harb
Qays
Tamim
Hadid
Sab'a
Al-Rijaibat
Al-Mishayikh
Al-Shahwan
Al-Baggara
Al-Bu Hamdan
Al-Bu Aitha
Al-Jumaila
Al-Sumaida'
Al-Bu Jum'a
Al-Bu Bazzun
Al-Jihaish
Al-Bu Nasir
Al-Qaraghul
Al-Bidair
Ghrair
Khafaja
Baquba area
Al-Azza
Al-Jubour
Al-Dulaim
Shammar
Al-Ubaid
Bani Lam
Bani Zaid
Al-Ambakiya
Al-Bayyat
Al Taie
Bani Ways
Al-Girtan
Al-Dulaim
Al-Kurwiya
Al-Tatran
Al-Ma'amra
Al-Mujamma'
Al-Ja'afra
Al-Dafaf'a
Al-Sigoug
Al-Karkhiya
Al-Khishalat
Al-Maghamis
Al-Mahdiya
Tamim
Al-Zuhairiya
Al-Dainiya
Al-Suwa'id
Al-Ugaydat
Al-Bu Amir
Al-Lihaib
Al-Dilfiya
Al-Ridainiya
Al-Khailaniya
Al-Nida
Al-Sumaida'
Al-Bu Jawari
Al-Mayyah
Al-Husseinat
Al-Suwakin
Al-Marasma
Al-Mishahda
Shammar Toga
Bani Khalid
Hayyaliyeen
Bani Izz
Al-Bu Farraj
Al-Bu Mafraj
Al-Sa'eed
Al-Mu'alla
Al-Hiraith
Al-Arkiya
Harb
Jaisat
Khazraj
Hadid
Khafaja
Rubai'a
Chachan
Gimai'at
Al Anbar area
Al-Dulaim (including 69 clan)
Karbala area
Al-Ali(Bani Malik)
Bani Hassan
Al-Mas'ud
Khafaja
Al-Yasar
Al-Bu Sultan
Al-Fatla (Al-Fatla is a subsection of the Al-Dulaim )
Al-Grait
Tufayl
Al-Jubour
Al-Janabi
Shammar
Anniza
Abbouda
Al-Bu Amir
Bani Assad
Al-Karaksha
Al-Anbariyeen
Bahadil
Jash'am
Al-Sa'eed
Al-Zagareet
Harb
Al-Girtan
Al-Mishahda
Al-Ma'amra
Al-Fudhul
Shibil
Mutayr
Bani Khalid
Jilaiha
Tamim
Al-Girtan
Al-Shareefat
Al-Hasawiya
Samawa area
Al-Khaza'il
Al-Dhuwalim
Al-Zayyad
Al-Bu Hassaan
Bani Hichaim
Al-Jubour
Bani Ziraij
Al-A'ajeeb
Al-Juwabir
Al-Bidor
Abs
Bani Aridh
Al-Fartus
Al-Tawba
Al-Ajwad
Bani Zaid
Al-Sufran
Al-Dulaim
Al-Dhufayr
Al-Ghizi
Anezah
Arab tribes in the North
Al-Jubour
Sab'a
Tai'
Sumaida'
Harb
Al-Lihaib
Al-Yasar
Hadid
Al-Ni'aim
Al-Bayyat
Ghrair
Al-Ugaydat
Dulaim
Baghdad Families
Al-Chalabi
Al-sherifi
Al-Pachachi
Al-Omari
Al-Gailani
Al-Orfeli
Al-Rawi
Al-Ani
Al-Hadithi
Al-Na'ib
Al-Qassab (part of Jasham tribe)
Al-Sa'di
Al-Qashtini
Al-Sinawi
Al-Wa'idh
Al-Suwaidi
Al-Alousi
Al-Jameel
Al-Haideri
Al-Tabaqchali
Al-Shawwaf
Al-Akhras
Al-Sheikh Ali
Al-Wiswasi
Al-Mudallal
Al-Madfa'i
Al-Witri
Al-Khudhairi
Al-Radhi
Al-Gayyara
Al-Tataar
Al-Suwari
Al-Defteri
Al-Mutair
Al-Farhad
Al-Ghawwas
Al-Roznamachi
Al-Farisi
Al-Chadirchi
Al-Naqshabandi
Al-Qarraghouli
Al-Fikaiki
Al-Douri
Al-Tikriti
Al-Talabani
Al-Berzenchi
Al-Baban
Al-Khateeb
Al-Sheikhli
Al-Khayyat
Al-Baqqal
Al-Duroubi
Al-Rehbi
Al-Zahawi
Al-Kurdi
Al-Mudarris
Al-Qaissi
Al-Hashimi
Al-Bazirgan
Al-Hindi
Al-Jaibachi
Al-Jorbechi
Al-Shafi'i
Al-Shawka
Al-Sadr
Al-Daghistani
Al-Kubba
Al-Shalchi
Al-Shalchi Musa
Al-Marayati
Al-Dhahir
Al-Mizraqchi
Al-Qaimachi
Al-Qalamchi
Al-Taliqani
Al-Cherchefchi
Al-Hillawi
Al-Dijaili
Al-Damerchi
Al-Khalisi
Al-Sheikh Yassin
Abu Al-Timen
Al-Wardi
Al-Rifa'i
Al-Khaseki
Al-Shakarchi
Al-Mawla
Al-Shibeebi
Al-Hiti
Al-Bassam
Al-Atrushi
Al-Saffar
Al-A'dhami
Al-Melluki
Al-Bunniya
Al-Dargazli
Al-Assaf
Al-Aseel
Al-Jezrawi
Al-Aqrawi
Al-Kirkukli
Al-Bahrani
Al-Kashif Al-Ghita
Al-Sheikh Radhi
Al-Yassiri
Al-Alawi
Al-Qadhi
Al-Wattar
Al-Shabandar
Al-Sheikh Issa
Al-Dellah
Al-Rayyis
Al-Salih
Al-Shawi
Al-Baghdadi
Al-Kahya
Al-Mandilawi
Al-Ayoubi
Al-Hajj Sirri
Al-Ugaili
Al-Ghannam
Al-Awqati
Al-Dabbagh
Al-Khalidi
Al-Qazzaz
Al-Jadir
Al-Najjar
Al-Wazeer
Al-Kammouna
Al-Kannouna
Al-Ni'aimi
Al-Hayyali
Al-Attar
Al-Zaini
Al-Witwit
Al-Taweel
Al-Shagra
Al-Musawi
Al-Khirsan
Al-Damluji
Al-Abu Righeef
Al-Awsi
Al-Qara Ali
Al-Jawahiri
Al-Dabouni
Al-Kubaisi
Al-Windawi
Al-Alwash
Al-Khudhair
Al-Tuwaijri
Al-Dahhan
Al-Abu Naila
Al-Bazzaz
Al-Shubbar
Al-Tayyar
Al-Hassani
Al-Hussouna
Al-Mawla
Al-Abu Tibeekh
Al-Ghalibi
Al-Fayyadh
Al-Allaq
Al-Bakka'
Maghazaji
Basra families
Descendants of the noble family of the Prophet Muhammad
From the Bani Khalid (Khawalid)
Muhammad Al-'Isa
Al-'Abdul-Wahid
Najdi families
Other families
al-Khudairy
al-Mandeel
al-Nama
al-Rasheed
al-Thukair
Baraak
Basha-Ayan
Bacha-Chi
Sheikh Khaz'al
Khan (Mohammed Khan Family)
Al-maliky
Bedouin tribes
'Anezah (The royal families of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain are traced to this tribe. The paramount sheikh lives in western Iraq. This is one of the largest Arab Bedouin tribes, with clans in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Gulf countries, Iraq, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Turkey and Egypt.)
Al-Mutayr
Al-Dulaim
Al-Sulaib
Al-Bu Mitaywit
Harb
Shammar
Al-Kharsa
Sinjara
Zoba'
Al-Sayih Al-Zayyad
Al-Jaghayfa
Bani Khalid (plural Al-Khawalid)
Bani Rikab
Al-Shareefat
Al-Rifai'
Al-Zagareet
Descendants of the family of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
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 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-Kharsan family in Najaf
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-Yasir in Najaf
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-Haideri family in Baghdad
Al-Alusi family in Baghdad
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
Related organizations
Iraq Tribes Council
National Council of Iraqi Tribes
National Alliance of Tribes and Clans of Iraq
Democratic Grouping of Iraqi Tribes
Iraqi Sheikhs Council (ISC).., Ref.: Sheikh M.Al-ABDULWAHID (Al-Khaledi)
External links
SITE=DCTMS&%20SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Arab Tribes in Iraq] - Associated Press analysis
References
Tripp, Charles (2000) A History of Iraq . Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-55404-7 /ISBN 0-521-55633-3
Al-Azzawi, Abbas. Asha'ir al-Iraq (The Tribes of Iraq). Baghdad Press, Iraq.
Al-Amiri, Thamir. "Mawsu'at al-Qaba'il al-Iraqiyya" (The Encyclopedia of Iraqi Tribes). 9 vols. Baghdad, 1991-1997.
Al-Samarra'i, Younis Al-Sheikh Ibrahim. Al-Qaba'il al-Iraqiyya (Iraqi Tribes). Al-Sharaf Al-Jedid Press, Baghdad, Iraq.
Al-Samarra'i, Younis Al-Sheikh Ibrahim. Al-Qaba'il wa al-Biyoutat al-Hashimiya fi al-Iraq (Hashimi Tribes and Families in Iraq). Al-Umma Press, Baghdad.
Al-Durubi, Ibrahim. Al-Baghdadiyun, Akhbaruhum wa Majalisuhum (The Baghdadis, Their Annals and Assemblies). Al-Rabita Press, Baghdad, 1958.
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