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z KHAZA'IL
z BANI LAM
z MUNTAFIQ
{ Al-Sa'dun clan (tribal leaders)
{ Bani Malik
{ Bani Khalid (plural al-Khawalid)
{ Bani Qais (Al-Qaisiyun)
{ Bani Sa'id
{ Bani Hassan (southern Iraq)
{ Bani Khafaja
{ Abbouda
{ Al-Bu Salih
{ Al-Mayyah
{ Al-Izayrij
{ Bani Zaid
{ Al-Sharifat (An-Naasriya, south of Iraq)
{ Al-Ghizi
{ Al-Hameed
z RABI'A (pronounced Rubai'a) centered around the Kut city area
z Shammar in the Ninawa governorate
z BANI TAMIM (sometimes written Timim or Temim) in central and southern Iraq
{ al-Suhail clan (tribal leaders) near Abu Ghuraib
{ al-Turshan section centered in the Diyala governorate
{ al-Kan'an section in the Basra governorate and across the border in the [[Arabs of

Khuzestan|Khuzestan]] province of Iran

z Tikriti federation
{ Al-Bu Nasir (includes Saddam Hussein)
{ Al-Bu Ajeel
{ Al-Shaya'isha
z 'UBAYD (in al-'Alam and Tarmiya)
z ZUBAYD
{ Note: The 'AZZA, DULAYM, JABUR, Janabi and 'UBAYD federations above are all sub-sections of the

ZUBAYD

Baghdad area
z BANI TAMIM
z Shammar
{ Shammer Jarba (Sunni)
{ Shammer Toga (Shia)
{ Zoba
z Al-Dulaym
z Al-Janabi
z Al-Nidawat
z Al-Ubayd
z Al-Azza
z Al-Akabi
z Al-Bu Mohammed
z Al-Bu Aitha
z Al-Bu Amir
z Al-Jubour
z Al-Mujama'
z Al-Ghrair
z Al-Ugaydat
z Al-Anbariyeen
z Al-Qarraghul
z Al-Dafaf'a
z Al-Bu Muhyi
z Bani Saad
z Bani Lam
z Rubai'a

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z Khazraj
z Shammar Toga

Mosul area
z Al-Dulaim (100,000, most of them in western Anbar province)
z Al-Hayali
z Al-Jubour
z Al-Lihaib
z Al-Bu Hamad
z Al-Bu Hamdan
z Al-Bu Badran
z Al-Bu Mitaywit
z Al-Ugaydat
z Al-Jihaysh
z Hadid
z Bayyat
z Khazraj
{ Descendants of the Khazraj section of the Ansar
z Shammar
z Tayy
{ Note: SHAMMAR is a subsection of the Tayy

Tikrit area
z Al-Bu Nasir (in Tikrit)
z Al-Bu Latif
z Hadithiyyin
{ Rifa'iyyin
z Al-Ubayd
z Al-Azza
z Al-Bu Farraj
{ Jawa'ina (in Baiji)
z Lihayb (in Sharqat)
z Al-Mushahadah (in Tarmiya)
{ An individual from this tribe will have the name of Mash-hadani
z Al-Mashayikh in Tarmiya and in Al-Hawejah(The individual called Al-Mashayikhi)

Najaf area
z Al-Bu Dush
z Al-Fatla
z Al-Ghazalat
z Al-Jaryu
z Al-'Isa
z Al-Shibil
z Al-Zagarit
z Bani Hassan
z Bani Assad
z Kaab

Hilla area
z Al-Bu Sultan
z Al-Bu Amir
z Al-Masoud
z Al-Jubour
z Al-Janabi
z Al-Ma'amra
z Al-Dulaym
z Al-Qarraghul
z Shammar

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z Zoba'a
z Zubayd

z Jihaysh
z Khafaja

Amarah area
z Bani Lam
z Al-Bu Mohammed
z Al-Izayrij
z Al-Bu Darraj
z Al-Sudan
z Al-Beidhan
z Al-Sarai
z Al-Bahadil
z Al-Suwa'id
z Al-Issa
z Al-Maryan
z Al-Bazzoun

Basra area
z BANI KA'B
z Bani Malik
z Bani Assad
z Bani Mansour
z BANI TAMIM
z Bani Khalid
z Al-Shirish
z Al-Sayamur
z Al-Mayyah
z Al-Duwasir
z Al-Mutawr
z Al-Mutayr
z Al-Halaf
z Al-Eidan
z Al-Gatarna
z Al-Garamsha
z Al-Suwa'id
z Al-Ghanim
z Khafaja
z Rubai'a

Nasiriyah area
z Al-Bu Salih
z Al-Sa'eed
z Al-Abbouda
z Al-Jawabir
z Al-Dhufayr
z Al-Dulaym
z Al-Qarraghul
z Al-Husseinat
z Al-Sharifat
z Al-Shuwailat
z Al-Ghizi
z Al-Bidor
z Al-Jubour
z Bani Rikab
z Bani Hassan
z Bani Khaigan

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z Bani Assad
z Bani Zaid
z Chinana
z Hacham
z Al sadoun (leaders of south of iraq , ruled all around area inclueded kuwait and north of ksa

it called al sadoun district , main leader was faleh basha)

Al Diwaniyah area
z Khaza'il
z Al-Bidayr
z Al-Jubour
z Al-Agra'
z Al-Zeyad
z Al-Ibrahim
z Al-Bahahtha
z Al-Dulaym
z Al-Zirfat
z Al-Kurd
z Al-A'ajeeb
z Al-Ardhiyat
z Al-Izayrij
z Bani Hacheem
z Afaj
z Zubayd
z Chabsha

Kut area
z Rubai'a
{ Al-Shohman
z Zubayd
z Shammar Toga
z Bani Lam
z Giraish
z Al-Mayyah
z Al-Magasis
z Al-Dulaym
z Al-Jubour

Kirkuk area
z Al-Ubayd
z Al-Jubour
z Al-Ni'aim
z Al-Bayyat
z Al-Azza
z Al-Tamimi
z Bani Zaid
z Shammar
z Harb
z Qays
z Jibari
z Dawoudi
z Salehi
z Shwann
z Zengena

Baquba area

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z Shammar
z Bani Tamim
z Bani Zaid
z Bani Ways
z Bani Lam
z Al-Azza
z Al-Ubayd
z Al-Ambakiya
z Al-Bayyat
z Al-Girtan
z Al-Tatran
z Al-Ma'amra
z Al-Jubour
z Al-Mujama'
z Al-Dafaf'a
z Al-Sigoug
z Al-Karkhiya
z Al-Khishalat
z Al-Maghamis
z Al-Zuhairiya
z Al-Dainiya
z Al-Suwa'id
z Al-Dilfiya
z Al-Ridainiya
z Al-Nida
z Al-Sumaida'
z Al-Bu Jawari
z Qays
z Khafaja
z Rubai'a
z Shammar Toga

Ramadi area
z Al-Dulaym
z Al-Ugaydat
z Al-Jaghayfa
z Al-Lihaib
z Al-Halabsa
z Al-Ma'adhid
z Al-Jubour
z Shammar
z Zoba'a (Zoba is a subsection of Shammer)
z Aniza

Other northern tribes

z Al-Bayyat
{ It is said that this was originally a Turkmen tribe

that later mixed with the al-'UBAYD

z Al-Hadid (plural al-Hadidiyun)

z The Bani Harb
z Al-Saadun
z Al-Shammawi
z 'UBAYD (in the southern Haweeja plains)

Basra Families
z Descendants of the noble family of the Prophet Muhammad
{ Barakat

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{ al-Naqib
z From the Bani Khalid (Khawalid)
{ Muhammad Al-'Isa
{ Al-'Abdul-Wahid
z Najdi families
{ al-Zuhair
z Other families
{ al-Khudairy
{ al-Mandeel
{ al-Nama
{ al-Rasheed
{ al-Thukair
{ Baraak
{ Basha-Ayan
{ Bacha-Chi
{ Sheikh Khaz'al
{ Khan (Mohammed Khan Family)

Bedouin tribes
z 'ANIZA (pronounced 'Iniza) (Royal Family of Saudi Arabi are traced to this tribe. The sheikh general lives in
western Iraq.)
z Al-Dhufayr
z Al-Ghalal
z Al-Hassan
z Al-Mutayr
z Al-Sulayb
z Al-Bu Mitaywit
z Harb
z Shammar
{ Al-Kharsa
{ Sinjara
{ Zoba'a
{ Al-Sayih
z Bani Khalid (plural Al-Khawalid)
z AL- Noor

Descendants of the family of the Islamic prophet Muhammad

z Al-Mossawi Al Yaseen (Najaf)
z Al-Mushahadah in Tarmiya
z Al-Ni'aym in Kirkuk, Hawija and Baghdad
z Al-Bu Milais in Samarra
z Al-Bu Badri in Samarra
z Al-Bu Baz in Samarra
z Al-Bu Udhaym in Samarra
z Al-Marasma in Balad, Samarra and Baquba
z Al-Tarabla in Tikrit
z Al-Bu Nasir in Tikrit
z Al-Hadid (plural al-Hadidiyun)
z Al-Naqib family in Basra
z Al-Sadoun in Basra ,former royal family in south of Iraq
z Al-Ridaini in Basra
z Barakat family in Basra
z Al-Adhari in Al Diwaniyah
z Al-Suwafi in Diwaniyah
z Hashimi family in Baghdad, descendants of the former royal family
z Al-Gailani family in Baghdad
z Al-Haideri family in Baghdad
z Al-Alusi family in Baghdad
z Al-Tatar family in Baghdad

Others, to be classified

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z Harb (in ad-Dur)
z Al-Fallujiyyin (in Falluja)

Related organizations
z Iraq Tribes Council
z National Council of Iraqi Tribes
z National Alliance of Tribes and Clans of Iraq
z Democratic Grouping of Iraqi Tribes
z Iraqi Sheikhs Council (ISC).., Ref.: Sheikh M.Al-ABDULWAHID (Al-Khaledi)

External links
z [http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/files/specials/interactives/iraqtribe/index.html?

SITE=DCTMS&%20SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Arab Tribes in Iraq] - Associated Press analysis

z Healing Iraq

References
z A History of Iraq, Charles Tripp, Cambridge University Press, 2000, ISBN 0-521-55404-7/ISBN 0-521-55633-
3
z The Tribes of Iraq, Abbas Al-Azzawi, Baghdad Press, 1956
z Iraqi Tribes, Younis Al-Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Samarra'i, Al-Sharaf Al-Jedid Press, Baghdad, 1989
z Hashimi Tribes and Families in Iraq, Younis Al-Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Samarra'i, Al-Umma Press, Baghdad, 1986

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