Humaydah (also

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as Humaidah, ), is an Arab tribe, a subgroup of the

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tribe of the

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people. They were a powerful house which governed the city of

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until the

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invasion and lived peacefully beside al-Ali. Kinahan Cornwallis Said (1916):" Humeidah. Live in the western part of the district along the Muhail-Qunfudah road from Dhahab to 'Aqabet es-Suhul and extend down the 'Aqabah to Ghar el- Hindi. Consisting of 7,000 men, of whom 4,000 are nomads٫Their Chief Sheikh is Mohammed Ibn Haiazah.» Naval Intelligence Handbooks (1916): "The most important tribe is the Humeidah, numbering 7,000 men, of whom 4,000 are nomads. They occupy the western part of the district, and the Muha'il- Qunfudah road from Dhahab to Ghar el-Hindi is in their territory. They quarrel with the Al Isba'i and are divided amongst themselves, the villagers favouring the Turks, the nomads Idrisi. Taken as a whole the tribes support Idrisi, with the exception of the settled Humeidah, and pay him taxes. They are peaceful and pleasure-loving, and by no means fond of war. At the same time they are not above harrying small Turkish convoys.»

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(1946): "This desolate country continued until we reached the wadi khat and the cultivated lands of the Humaidha tribe at barik who resemble the 'Amara and live in well-built, flat-roofed, stone houses. These sedentary tribes own a few camels, some cattle, and fair-sized herds of sheep and goats. They are however essentially cultivators who grow dhurra or "dukhn" (bull-rush millet), either on small plains irrigated by the floods or on the silt of the stream beds.»

Origin

Banu Humaydah trace their origin to Humaydah b. al-Harith b. Awf b. Amr b. Sa'd b. Thailbh b. Kinanah b.

. They lived in

with the other

tribes, Al-Musa ibn Ali, Al- Isb'ai and Al-Jabali.

Humaydah branches

*Al-HajriA Handbook of Arabia: Volume I. General p416
� *Al-Salim *Maha'mula *Aaram (Al-Aram) * Gdraymah (Al-Gdraymah) *Fseel (Al-Fseel)

Influential people of Bariq

* Humaydah al-Bariqi— chief * Al-Nu'man ibn Humaydah – chief * Hamed al-Bariqi

References

{{Arab tribes in Saudi Arabia Qahtanites Arab ethnic groups Tribes of Arabia Tribes of Saudi Arabia Yemeni tribes Banu Bariq

Origin

Humaydah branches

Influential people of Bariq

See also

References