Al-Uqaydat (Arabic: الْعُقَيْدَات, romanized: al-ʿUqaydāt) is a large Arab tribe which 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.[1] Members of the tribe can be found on both sides of the Iraqi-Syrian border.

Uqaydat tribe is descended from the tribe of Zubaid.[2]

Structure

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

  1. ↑ الفردوس ‏عظم, محمود (2005). القبائل العربية في بلاد الشام: ابتداء من الجاهلية وحتى هذا الزمان (in Arabic). ‏مكتبة اليقظة العربية.
  2. ↑ العامة, Jordan دائرة الآثار (1966). حولية دائرة الآثار العامة. Department of Antiquities, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. p. 19.
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