Al-Uqaydat (Arabic: الْعُقَيْدَات, romanized: al-ʿUqaydāt) is a large Arab tribe which of Saudi Arabia and straddles Syria's eastern border with Iraq. It is the largest tribe in the Deir ez-Zor province and according to Max von Oppenheim, it is the largest tribe in all of Mesopotamia. Members of the tribe can be found on both sides of the Iraqi-Syrian border.
Uqaydat tribe is descended from the tribe of Zubaid.
Structure
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The tribe is divided into three branches which are in turn divided into multiple clans: Busaraya clan
- Abu Kamel
- Abu Hassan clan
- Al-Qaraan clan
- Abu Rahmat clan
- Al-Baqir clan
- Al-Shuwait clan
- Abu Kamal
- Al-Mireh clan and their sheikh is Mohamed Al-Gharab Al-Harsa
- Al-Hassoun clan and their sheikh is Ayman Al-Daham Al-dandal
- Al-Damim clan and their sheikh is Kamal Al-Naji Al-Jirah
- Al-Daleej clan
- Al-Marashda clan
- Al-Jaalkah clan
- Abu Zamil (al-Shaitat)
- al-Khanfour
- al-Shabab
- al-Aliyat
References
- الفردوس عظم, محمود (2005). القبائل العربية في بلاد الشام: ابتداء من الجاهلية وحتى هذا الزمان (in Arabic). مكتبة اليقظة العربية.
- العامة, Jordan دائرة الآثار (1966). حولية دائرة الآثار العامة. Department of Antiquities, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. p. 19.
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