Arab tribes in Iraq
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Many Iraqis identify more or less strongly with a tribe (العشيرة'ashira). Thirty of the 150 or so identifiable tribes in Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

 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
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

, 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
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/images/tribes.jpg

Confederations (qabila)

  • AL-BU MUHAMMAD centered in the Maysan governorate
  • 'ANIZA federation
  • 'AZZA federation around Balad
    Balad, Iraq
    Balad is a city north of Baghdad in the Salah ad Din Governorate Iraq. It is located within the borders of the so-called Sunni Triangle; however, Balad is a primarily Shiite town of approximately 100,000...

  • DULAIM centered in the Anbar governorate
    • Roberta'a
    • 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
  • Jabouri
  • BANI KA'B federation centered south of the city of Basra
    Basra
    Basra is the capital of Basra Governorate, in southern Iraq near Kuwait and Iran. It had an estimated population of two million as of 2009...

     and across the border in the Khuzestan province of Iran
  • KHAZA'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
      • Albu Salih
        Albu Salih
        The Albu Salih tribe is an original Arabic tribe that descends from the Shammar tribe, through the Al Aslam tribe. They are located in Iraq and are concentrated in Al'Aslah , a village in the city of Nasiriyah; they can also be found in Amarah, AlBasra, and Al Diwaniyah.The population of this...

      • Al-Aliyat
      • Al-Ibrahim
      • Hacham
    • 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 centered around the Kut
    Kut
    Al-Kūt is a city in eastern Iraq, on the left bank of the Tigris River, about 160 kilometres south east of Baghdad. the estimated population is about 374,000 people...

     city area
    • Al-Sarai
    • Al-Magasis
    • Al-Mayyah
    • Al-Amara
    • Umayr
    • Al-Zirgan
    • Chinana
  • Shammar
    Shammar
    The tribe of Shammar is one of the largest tribes of Nejd-Saudi Arabia, with an estimated 1 million in Iraq, over 2.5 million in Saudi Arabia , a Kuwaiti population of around 100,000, a Syrian population is thought to exceed 1 million and with an unknown number in Jordan...

     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 Assad
    • Al-Khayoon
    • Al-Mu'arfat or Al-bu-Ma'arfat (Al-ma'arefawi)
    • Al-Haddad
    • Al-Mazeedi
    • Bani Mushref (Al-Mushrifi)
    • Al-Jaza'ir
    • Al-Hilal
    • Al-Abbas
    • Al Shawwi
  • BANI TAMIM (sometimes written Timim or Temim) in central and southern Iraq
    • al-Suhail clan (tribal leaders) near Abu Ghuraib
      Abu Ghraib
      The city of Abu Ghraib in the Baghdad Governorate of Iraq is located just west of Baghdad's city center, or northwest of Baghdad International Airport. It has a population of 189,000. The old road to Jordan passes through Abu Ghraib...

    • al-Turshan section centered in the Diyala governorate
    • al-Kan'an section in the Basra
      Basra
      Basra is the capital of Basra Governorate, in southern Iraq near Kuwait and Iran. It had an estimated population of two million as of 2009...

       and Al-Faw Peninsula
      Al-Faw Peninsula
      The Faw peninsula is a marshy region adjoining the Persian Gulf in the extreme south-east of Iraq, between and to the south-east of the cities of Basra and Abadan ....

       governorate
  • 'UBAID (in al-'Alam and Tarmiya)
  • ZUBAYD
    • Note: The 'AZZA, DULAYM, JABOURI, JANABI, SHAWI and 'UBAYD federations above are all sub-sections of the

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

Baghdad area

  • ( Al-BAYAA )
  • ( AL- Shubber )
  • Al-Dulaim  (mostly Sunni)
  • Bani Tamim
  • Shammar
    Shammar
    The tribe of Shammar is one of the largest tribes of Nejd-Saudi Arabia, with an estimated 1 million in Iraq, over 2.5 million in Saudi Arabia , a Kuwaiti population of around 100,000, a Syrian population is thought to exceed 1 million and with an unknown number in Jordan...

    • Shammer Jarba (mostly Sunni)
    • Shammer Toga (mostly Shia)
    • Zoba' (mostly Sunni)
  • Bani Assad
    • Sinjara
  • Al-Janabiyeen
  • Al-Jabouri
    Jabouri
    Jabouri is one of the Sunni and Shia Muslims Arab Tribes in Iraq that scattered throughout northern and central Iraq...

  • Al-Atrakchi
  • Al Shami
  • Al-Obaidi
  • Al-Nidawat
  • Al-Ubayd
  • Al-Azza
  • Al-Mishahda
  • Al-Mudarris
  • 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
    Shammar
    The tribe of Shammar is one of the largest tribes of Nejd-Saudi Arabia, with an estimated 1 million in Iraq, over 2.5 million in Saudi Arabia , a Kuwaiti population of around 100,000, a Syrian population is thought to exceed 1 million and with an unknown number in Jordan...

  • Al-Jabouri
    Jabouri
    Jabouri is one of the Sunni and Shia Muslims Arab Tribes in Iraq that scattered throughout northern and central Iraq...

  • al-shairfat
  • Al-Dulaim
  • Al-Lihaib
  • Al-Bu Hamad
  • Al-Obaidi
  • Al-Bu Hamdan
  • Al-Bu Badran
  • Al-Bu Mitaywit
  • Al-Baggara
  • Al-Hayyaliyeen
  • Al-Ugaydat
  • Al-Jihaish
  • Al-Ubaid
  • Al-Marasma
  • Al-Mudarris
  • 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
      Ansar (Islam)
      Ansar is an Islamic term that literally means "helpers" and denotes the Medinan citizens that helped Muhammad and the Muhajirun on the arrival to the city after the migration to Medina...

  • Tayy
    Tayy
    Tayy is a large and ancient Arabian tribe belonging to the southern or Qahtanite branch of Arab tribes. Their original homeland was the area of the two mountains Aja and Salma in north central Arabia , though, like all Qahtanite tribes, it is believed they originally moved there from Yemen...

    • Note: SHAMMAR is a subsection of the Tayy
      Tayy
      Tayy is a large and ancient Arabian tribe belonging to the southern or Qahtanite branch of Arab tribes. Their original homeland was the area of the two mountains Aja and Salma in north central Arabia , though, like all Qahtanite tribes, it is believed they originally moved there from Yemen...


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-Jabouri
    Jabouri
    Jabouri is one of the Sunni and Shia Muslims Arab Tribes in Iraq that scattered throughout northern and central Iraq...

  • Al-Dulaim

  • Al-Bu Nasir
  • al-sharifat
  • Al-Bu Latif
  • Al-Hadithiyyin
    • Rifa'iyyin
  • Al-Ubaid
  • Al-Shawi
  • 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
    • Juwa'ina (in Baiji)
  • 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

  • Al-Balaghi
  • Al-Shubber
  • Al-Arajie
  • Al-Harris
  • Bani Hassan
  • Al-Fatla (independent subsection of the Dulaim)
  • Al-Ghazalat
  • Al-shairfat
  • Al-Shibil
  • Al-Ibrahim (Bani Malik)
  • Al-Ali (Bani Malik)
  • Al-Jaryu
  • Al-Yassir
  • Al-Kobenchi
  • Al-Zayyad
  • Al-Khaza'il
  • Al-Akayishi
  • Al-Jabouri
    Jabouri
    Jabouri is one of the Sunni and Shia Muslims Arab Tribes in Iraq that scattered throughout northern and central Iraq...

  • Al-Janabat
  • Al-Zagareet
  • Al-Ugaydat
  • Al-Zuhairiya
  • Al-Bahash
  • Al-Shuwafi'
  • Al-Bayyat
  • Al-Dulaim
  • Al-Najim
  • Abu Gulal (Al-Taie)
  • Bani Assad
  • Bani Malik
  • Bani Khalid
  • Ka'ab
  • Anniza
  • Mutayrat
  • Chalabat

Hilla area

  • AL-Shubber
  • Al-Fallouji
  • Al-Hillawi
  • Al-Dulaim
  • Al-Ali (Bani Malik)
  • Al-Bu Sultan
  • Zubayd
  • Al-Jabouri
    Jabouri
    Jabouri is one of the Sunni and Shia Muslims Arab Tribes in Iraq that scattered throughout northern and central Iraq...

  • 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

  • Al-Ijoly
  • Bani Lam
  • Al-Bu Mohammed
  • Bani Assad
  • 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-Jabouri
    Jabouri
    Jabouri is one of the Sunni and Shia Muslims Arab Tribes in Iraq that scattered throughout northern and central Iraq...

  • Al-Fikaikat
  • Al-Bu Nida
  • Al-Bu Sultan
  • Al-Shuwailat
  • Al-Thehebat

Al-Bu Badri

Basra area

  • Al-Dulaim
  • BANI KA'B
  • BANI ASSAD
  • Muhaysin
  • BANI MALIK
    Bani Malik
    Bani Malik is a village in west-central Yemen. It is located in the San‘a’ Governorate.-External links:*...

  • BANI TAMIM
  • Bani Qais
  • Bani Lam
  • Bani Mansour
  • Bani Khalid
  • Al-Shirish
  • Al-Ali
  • Al-Shami
  • Al-Thehebat
  • Shammar
  • Bani Wa'il
  • Bani Salim
  • Bani Sa'ad
  • Khaza'il
  • Al-Bu Shawi
  • Al-Jannabi
  • 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-Bdeer
  • Al-Dair
  • Al-Nashwa
  • Al-Hasawiya
  • Al-Bidor
  • Bani Khalid
  • Bani Bakr
  • Hacham
  • Al-Neama
  • Ibada
  • Khafaja
  • Khaigan
  • Sa'ad
  • Badran
  • Hajjaj
  • Hutait
  • Rubai'a
    • Al-Amara
  • Mizair'a
  • Anniza
  • Al-Dhufair (Bedouin)
  • Al-Duwasir (Bedouin)
  • Al-Mutayr (Bedouin)
  • Sulaib (Bedouin)
  • Al- Shubber
  • Al Judai


Nasiriyah
  • Bani Hichaim
  • AL-Shubber
  • Al-Shuwailat
  • Al-Khairalla
  • Al-Hussouna
  • Al-Rikabi
  • Bani Assad
  • Al-Budor also known as Al-Badri
  • Bani Wa'il
  • Almuajid
  • Shammar
  • Bani Tamim
  • Bani Ka'b
  • Al-Awabid
  • Al-Wishah
  • Al-shairfat
  • AL-owwyad
  • Al-sheriff
  • Al-Rayy
  • Al Jorani
  • Al Gizzi

Diwaniyah area

  • AL-Shubber
  • Al-Khaza'il
  • Al-Bidair
  • Al-Dulaim
  • Al-Jabouri
    Jabouri
    Jabouri is one of the Sunni and Shia Muslims Arab Tribes in Iraq that scattered throughout northern and central Iraq...

  • 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-Shubber
  • Al-Janabat
  • Al-Anaksha
  • Bani Hichaim
  • Bani Sallama
  • Bi'aij
  • Chabsha
  • Mutayrat

Kut area

  • Rubai'a
  • Al-Hebjeah
    • Al-Shohman
  • Zubayd
  • Shammar Toga
  • Bani Assad
  • Bani Lam
  • Giraish
  • Al-Dulaim
  • Al-Mayyah
  • Al-ghrib
  • Al-Magasis
  • Al-Sarai
  • Al-Jabouri
    Jabouri
    Jabouri is one of the Sunni and Shia Muslims Arab Tribes in Iraq that scattered throughout northern and central Iraq...

  • 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
  • Bani eugba

Kirkuk area

  • Al-Shawi
  • Al-Ubaid
  • Al-Jabouri
    Jabouri
    Jabouri is one of the Sunni and Shia Muslims Arab Tribes in Iraq that scattered throughout northern and central Iraq...

  • 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-Jabouri
    Jabouri
    Jabouri is one of the Sunni and Shia Muslims Arab Tribes in Iraq that scattered throughout northern and central Iraq...

  • 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-Bu Badri

Karbala area

  • AL-Shubber
  • Bani Assad (70-80% Population of Karbala)
  • Al-Ali(Bani Malik)
  • Bani Hassan
  • Al-Mas'ud
  • Al-Atrakchi
  • Khafaja
  • Al-Yasar
  • Al-Bu Sultan
  • Al-Fatla (Al-Fatla is a subsection of the Al-Dulaim)
  • Al-Grait
  • Tufayl
  • Al-Jabouri
    Jabouri
    Jabouri is one of the Sunni and Shia Muslims Arab Tribes in Iraq that scattered throughout northern and central Iraq...

  • Al-Janabi
  • Shammar
  • Anniza
  • Abbouda
  • Al-Bu Amir
  • 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
  • Al-Zaini <3

Samawa area

  • AL- Shubber
  • Al-Khaza'il
  • Al-Dhuwalim
  • Al-Zayyad
  • Al-Bu Hassaan
  • Bani Hichaim
  • Al-Budor
  • Al-Jabouri
    Jabouri
    Jabouri is one of the Sunni and Shia Muslims Arab Tribes in Iraq that scattered throughout northern and central Iraq...

  • Bani Ziraij
  • Al-A'ajeeb
  • Al-Juwabir
  • 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-Jabouri
    Jabouri
    Jabouri is one of the Sunni and Shia Muslims Arab Tribes in Iraq that scattered throughout northern and central Iraq...

  • Sab'a
  • Tai'
  • Sumaida'
  • Harb
  • Al-Lihaib
  • Al-Yasar
  • Hadid
  • Al-Ni'aim
  • Al-Bayyat
  • Ghrair
  • Al-Ugaydat
  • Dulaim

Baghdad Families

  • Al-Mudallal
  • AL- Shubber
  • Al-Jamali
  • Al-Chalabi
  • Al-Obaidi
  • Al-sherifi
  • Al-Bu Badri
  • 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-Haydari
  • Al-Tabaqchali
  • Al-Shawwaf
  • Al-Akhras
  • Al-Sheikh Ali
  • Al-Wiswasi
  • Al-Kalkhan
  • Al-Madfa'i
  • Al-Witri
  • Al-Khudairi
  • 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-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-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-Jabouri
    Jabouri
    Jabouri is one of the Sunni and Shia Muslims Arab Tribes in Iraq that scattered throughout northern and central Iraq...

  • Al-Najjar
  • Al-Wazeer
  • Al-Kammouna
  • Al-Kannouna
  • Al-Ni'aimi
  • Al-Hayyali
  • Al-Attar
  • Al-Zaini
  • Al-Witwit
  • Al-Taweel
  • Al-Shagra
  • Al-Khirsan
  • Al-Abu Righeef
  • Al-Awsi
  • Al-Baratli(section of Al-Bu Sultan)
  • 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-Mawla
  • Al-Abu Tibeekh
  • Al-Ghalibi
  • Al-Fayyadh
  • Al-Allaq
  • Al-Bakka'
  • Maghazaji
  • Jaffar Naji


  • Descendants of the noble family of the Prophet Muhammad
    Banu Hashim
    Banū Hāshim was a clan in the Quraysh tribe. Muhammad, was a member of this clan; his great-grandfather was Hashim, for whom the clan is named. Members of this clan are referred to by the Anglicised version of their name as Hashemites, or Huseini or Hasani...



AL - Shubber
    • AL-Hakim
    • Al-Hussouna
    • AL-Bachary
    • AL-Khorsan
    • Fakhrulddin
    • AL-Mudhafer
    • AL-Hakak
    • Barakat
    • AL-Naqib
    • Al Diwan
    • Al-Moula
    • al-Sadoun
  • From the Bani Khalid (Khawalid)
    • Muhammad Al-'Isa
    • Al-'Abdul-Wahid
  • Najd
    Najd
    Najd or Nejd , literally Highland, is the central region of the Arabian Peninsula.-Boundaries :The Arabic word nejd literally means "upland" and was once applied to a variety of regions within the Arabian Peninsula...

    i families
    • AL-Shawi
    • AL-Zuhair
  • Other families
    • al-Beder
    • Al-Haydari
    • al-Shamkhany
    • al-Khudairy
    • AL-Kalkhan
    • al-Mandeel
    • al-Nama
    • al-Rasheed
    • Baraak
    • Basha-Ayan
    • Bacha-Chi
    • Sheikh Khaz'al
    • Khan (Mohammed Khan Family)
    • Al-maliky
    • Al Mosawi
      Al Mosawi
      Al-Mosawi ', Moosavi is a patronymic, is a family name mainly in Iraq, Persian gulf and Iran, though it is originally an Arabic name from the Arabian Peninsula. The name implies that the person is a direct descendant to the seventh of the Shi'a twelver Imams: Musa al-Kazim ibn Jafar as Sadiq who...

       or Musawi

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 tribes, with clans in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Gulf countries, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, the Palestinian Territories, Syria, Turkey and Egypt. This tribe was mentioned in pre-islamic Arabia. some but not all anezah clans were nomads or semi-nomads)
  • Al-Mutayr
  • Al-Dulaim
  • Al-Sulaib
  • Al-Bu Mitaywit
  • Harb
  • Shammar Al-Sulbah
    • Al-Kharsa
    • Sinjara
    • Zoba'
    • Al-Sayih
  • Al-Zayyad
  • Al-Jaghayfa
  • Bani Khalid (plural Al-Khawalid)
  • Bani Rikab
  • Al-Shareefat
  • Al-Rifai'
  • Al-Zagareet

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)

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

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