The Houthi tribe (Arabic: قبيلة الحوثي) is a Hamdanid Arab tribe that lives in northern Yemen. The tribe is a branch from Banu Hamdan tribe.[1][2] They are primarily located in Amran and Sa'dah.[3] The Houthi movement is named after the tribe.

References

  1. ↑ Al-Tamimi, Abdulkareem. AlAnsab. Maktabat ibn taymiyyah' , Cairo. p. 266.
  2. ↑ Alaklel al-Hamdani, Abu Muhammad al-Hasan. Alaklel al-Hamdani. Archived from the original on 2019-01-20. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
  3. ↑ Mackintosh-Smith, Tim (3 June 2014). Yemen: The Unknown Arabia. ISBN 9781468309980.


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