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Arab tribes of Iraq

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Many Iraqi Arabs identify strongly with a tribe (العشيرة 'ashira). 30 of the 150 or so identifiable tribes of Iraq are the most influential. They are grouped into federations (قبيلة qabila). Within the tribe, there is the clan (الفخذ fukhdh), the house (البيت beit) and the extended family (الخمس khams). Tribes are led by sheikhs (شيخ sheykh) who represent the tribe and deal with its domestic affairs. Due to the large sizes of Iraq's tribes, an individual may belong to the Shammar tribe, but also the Aslam branch within the same tribe, and therefore can identify with both. There are hundreds of Arab tribes across Iraq from the north to the south.

On its accession to power in the 17 July Revolution of 1968, Iraq's Ba'ath Party announced its opposition to tribalism ( القبلية al-qabaliyya), although for pragmatic reasons, especially during the Iran–Iraq War, tribalism was sometimes tolerated and even encouraged.

List of major tribes

Al-Khafaji
Al-Srai
Al-Sari
Al-Alattiya
Al-Maliki
Al-Qaraghoul
Al-Khuza'ah
Al-Shammari
Al-Samraie
Al-Azzawi
Al-Huraithi
Al-Absawi
Al-Asooli
Al-Dulaimi
Al-Jubouri
Al-Juaibar
Al-Suwaidi
Al-Amri
Al-Nuaimi
Al-Jumaili
Al-Salaman
Al-Naji
Al-Kadhmi
Al-Qarawi
Al-Janabi
Al-Wani
Al-Ahmed
Al-Kaabi
Al-Anzi
Al-Ubaid
Al-Ali
Al-Duraji
Al-Khazail
Al-Hasan
Al-Khazraji
Al-Lami
Al-Malik
Al-Muntafiq
Al-Nasiri
Al-Dhafeer
Al-Musawi
Al-Yasiri
Al-Asadi
Al-Salman
Al-Zubaidi
Al-Mutairi
Al-Otaibi
Al-Kilab
Al-Bayati
Al-Kaabi
Al-Uqaydat
Al-Bu Badri
Al-Baggara
Al-Rahabi
Al-Talafha
Al-Sawae'id
Al-Manaseer
Albu Badran Partial source:

References

Tripp, Charles (2000) A History of Iraq. Cambridge University Press. /
Al-Azzawi, Abbas. Asha'ir al-Iraq (The Tribes of Iraq). Baghdad Press, Iraq.
Al-Amiri, Thamir. "Mawsu'at al-Qaba'il al-Iraqiyya" (The Encyclopedia of Iraqi Tribes). 9 vols. Baghdad, 1991–1997.
Al-Samarra'i, Younis Al-Sheikh Ibrahim. Al-Qaba'il al-Iraqiyya (Iraqi Tribes). Al-Sharaf Al-Jedid Press, Baghdad, Iraq.
Al-Samarra'i, Younis Al-Sheikh Ibrahim. Al-Qaba'il wa al-Biyoutat al-Hashimiya fi al-Iraq (Hashimi Tribes and Families in Iraq). Al-Umma Press, Baghdad.
Al-Durubi, Ibrahim. Al-Baghdadiyun, Akhbaruhum wa Majalisuhum (The Baghdadis, Their Annals and Assemblies). Al-Rabita Press, Baghdad, 1958.
ath-Thuroihi, Abdul Maula. (Ar-Riyaadh al-Azhariyyah Fii Taariikh al-Usor al-‘Alawiyyah)

References

(2003). "Tribes in Iraq". Humanitarian Information Centre for Iraq.

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