Tribes of Arabia

The tribes of Arabia are the clans that originated in the Arabian Peninsula.

Much of the lineage provided before Ma'ad relies on biblical genealogy and therefore questions persist concerning the accuracy of this segment of Arab genealogy. The general consensus among 14th century Arabic genealogists is that Arabs are of three kinds:

Perishing Arabs (Arabic: العرب البائدة‎) are ancient tribes of whose history little is known. They include ‘Aad, Thamud, Tasm, Jadis, Imlaq and others. Jadis and Tasm perished because of genocide. 'Aad and Thamud perished because of their decadence, as recorded in the Qur'an. Archaeologists have recently uncovered inscriptions that contain references to 'Iram, which was a major city of the 'Aad. Imlaq is the singular form of 'Amaleeq and is probably synonymous to the biblical Amalek.

Pure Arabs (العرب العاربة) were from Yemen and were descendants of Ya‘rub bin Yashjub bin Qahtan. They were also called Qahtanian Arabs.

Arabized Arabs (العرب المستعربة) originated from the progeny of Ishmael the first born son of the patriarch Abraham and the Jurhum tribe, also called ‘Adnani Arabs. Muhammad was an 'Adnani Arab.

List of tribes

Below is a partial list of the tribes of Arabia.

A

• BanÅ« 'Abbās (بنو عبÙ'اس)
• Abdul Qays (عبدالقيس)
• BanÅ« 'Abd Shams (بنو عبد شمس)
• BanÅ« 'Abs (بنو عبس)
• BanÅ« 'AdÄ« (بنو عدي)
• BanÅ« 'Ajlān (بنو عجلان)
• Ajman (tribe)
• Ê¿Ä€d (عاد)
• BanÅ« 'Ä€mir (بنو عامر)
• BanÅ« 'Amr (بنو عمرو)
• 'Anazah (عنزة)
• BanÅ« Asad (بنو أسد)
• BanÅ« 'Aá¹­Ä«yah (بنو عطيÙ'Ø©)
• 'AsÄ«r (عسير)
• BanÅ« Aws (بنو أوس)
• Al-Awazem (العوازم)in Kuwait
• BanÅ« 'Awf (بنو عوف)
• Azd (الأزد)

B

• Bariq
• Bali (tribe)
• Al-Baggara
• Bahila
• Banu Bahr
• Banu Bakr ibn Wa'il (Wael, Wayel, بنو بكر بن وائل, Rabi'ah branch of Adnanite tribes)
• Banu Bakr ibn Abd Manat
• Balhareth
• Al Buainain

D

• Al-Dawasir
• Al-Dhafeer
• Banu Dhubyan
• Darod

F

• Al-Farahidi
• Banu Fazara

G

• Al-Gain
• Ghamid
• Banu Ghaniya
• Banu Ghassan
• Ghatafan
• Banu Ghazan
• Banu Ghifar
• Bin Ghaith

H

• Hammyar iraq-Jabr Diab
• Hakami
• Humaydah
• Banu Hothail
• Bani Hamida
• Harb
• Banu Harith
• Banu Hashim
• Al-Hawajir Al-Hajri, Banu Hajr
• Banu Hilal

J

• Al-Ja'aliyÄ«n (الجعليÙ'ين)
• BanÅ« Jabar (بنو جبر)
• Al-Jiburi
• Banu Jalaf
• Al-Jaidi
• Al-Jiburi
• Banu Judham
• BanÅ« Juhaynah (بنو جهينة)
• Banu Jumah
• Banu Jusham

K

• Banu Kaab
• Banu Kalb
• BanÅ« Kanz
• Al-Karim
• Kendah
• Kathiri (الكثيري)
• Khawaja
• Khawlān (خولان)
• Banu Khutheer -clan of Al Hajaj Tribe
• Banu Khuthayr - Al Qahtan Tribe
• BanÅ« Khālid (بنو خالد)
• Ä€l Khalïfah (آل خليفة)
• Ä€l KhalÄ«lÄ«
• Al-Kharusi
• BanÅ« Khath'am (بنو خثعم)
• BanÅ« Khazraj (بنو خزرج)
• BanÅ« Khuzā'ah (بنو خزاعة)
• BanÅ« Kinānah (بنو كنانة)

L

• Banu Lakhm
• Lakhmids

Larzi

M

• Al-Maadeed
• Al-Mahri
• El Mahroky
• Banu Makhzum
• Banu Malik
• Al Manaseer
• Banu Mustaliq
• Banu Mustafa
• Banu Muttalib
• Mutayr (مطير)

N

• Al-Nabhani
• Banu Nadir
• Banu Najjar
• Banu Nawfal
• Al-Noman

Q

• BanÅ« Qaynuqā' (بنو قينقاع)
• BanÅ« Quá¸'ā'ah (بنو قضاعة)
• Qaḥṭān
• Quraysh (قريش)
• BanÅ« Qurayáº"ah (بنو قريظة)
• Qedarites

R

• Bani Rasheed, Rashaida

S

• Saba' سبأ
• Al-Saeed
• Banu Sa'ida
• Sayyid
• Banu Sahm
• Banu Salama
• Al-Salti
• Shahrān (شهران)
• Al-Shabeeb
• Shammar
• Bani Shehr
• Shuraif
• Banu Shutayba
• Subay'
• Al-Suwaidi
• BIN SUMAIDA

T

• BanÅ« Taym (بنو تيم, Quraysh sub-clan)
• Banu Taghlib (T. ibn Wā'il, بنو تغلب, branch of RabÄ«'ah)
• BanÅ« TamÄ«m (بنو تميم)
• ThamÅ«d (ancient Arabs, ثمود)

U

• Al-'Ubayd
• BanÅ« Umayyah (بنو أميÙ'Ø©), famous in the western sources as the Umayyads.
• 'Utaybah (عتيبة)
• BanÅ« 'Utbah (بنو عتبة)

Y

• BanÅ« Yām (بنو يام) in Najrān.
• Yaf'i (اليافعي)

Z

• Zahran
• Banu Zahra
• Banu Zuhrah
• BanÅ« Zayd

See also

• Arab tribes in Iraq
• Arabs of Khuzestan

References