Subaie' ( ar, سبيع, also spelled Alsubaie', Sbei', and Subei) is an

Arabian tribe The Tribes of Arabia () or Arab tribes () are the ethnic Arab tribes and clans that originated in the Arabian Peninsula. The tribes of Arabia descend from either one of the two Arab ancestors, Adnan or Qahtan. Arab tribes have historically inhabit ...

living in the center of southern

Najd Najd ( ar, نَجْدٌ, ), or the Nejd, forms the geographic center of Saudi Arabia, accounting for about a third of the country's modern population and, since the Emirate of Diriyah, acting as the base for all unification campaigns by the ...

Hamad Al-Jassir Hamad Al Jassir (1907 – 14 September 2000) was a prominent Saudi Arabian journalist and historian. He is particularly noted for founding Saudi Arabia's first central region magazine, with comprehensive geographical locations, reference in Sa ...

, Dictionary of the tribes of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, p.123

History

The family is of North Arabian (

Adnanite The Adnanites ( ar, عدنانيون) were a tribal confederation of the Ishmaelite Arabs, traces their lineage back to Ismail son of the Islamic prophet and patriarch Ibrahim and his wife Hajar through Adnan, who originate from the Hejaz. ...

) stock, and traces its lineage to the large, ancient tribe of

Banu 'Amir The Banū ʿĀmir ibn Ṣaʿṣaʿa ( ar, بنو عامر بن صعصعة) was a large and ancient Arab tribe originating from central Arabia, that dominated Najd for centuries after the rise of Islam. The tribe is an Arab Adnanite tribe and its ...

, also known as 'Amir ibn Sa'sa'a, who came to dominate central Arabia in the medieval period. Al-Subaies were Prophet Mohammed's knights. Also, they were the knights of Saudi 1, Saudi 2, and The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia until now. At the turn of the 20th century, they comprised both nomadic ('' bedouin'') and sedentary sections. The original grazing lands of the family's bedouins had been the region of

Ranyah Ranyah ( ar, رنية) is a governorate in Najd in Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it ...

and Kurmah, on the border between Nejd and

'Asir The ʿAsir Region ( ar, عَسِيرٌ, ʿAsīr, lit=difficult) is a region of Saudi Arabia located in the southwest of the country that is named after the ʿAsīr tribe. It has an area of and an estimated population of 2,211,875 (2017). It is ...

. They ended up roaming the areas of central Nejd around

Riyadh Riyadh (, ar, الرياض, 'ar-Riyāḍ, Literal translation, lit.: 'The Gardens' Najdi Arabic, Najdi pronunciation: ), formerly known as Hajr al-Yamamah, is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyad ...

, along with the closely related family of the Suhool. Some sections, though, moved further north, where they later established the town of Rumah. Today, they are mostly found in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait. The sedentary members, on the other hand, have mostly resided in central Arabia for centuries, a possible legacy of Banu 'Amir's heyday. Families that belong to Subay' can be found in practically every town in the region, making up a disproportionate amount of central Arabia's traditional sedentary population.

Demographics

Subaie's population is nearly 5.000.000-7.000.000 people all around central and north of the Arabian Peninsula, located in the Middle East.

Notable people

Among the tribe's members are: * Saleh Al-Luhaidan, Saudi scholar and one of the member of the Council of Senior Scholars * Abdul Rahman Al-Sumait, Kuwaiti

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* Mohammed Al-Jadaan, Saudi

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* Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah, Saudi pediatric surgeon and former

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Tawfig Al-Rabiah Tawfig F. AlRabiah (Arabic: توفيق بن فوزان الربيعة) (born 26 October 1965) is the current Minister of Hajj and Umrah for Saudi Arabia. He served as Minister of Health from May 2016 until October 2021 when he became Minister o ...

, Saudi

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References

{{Arab tribes in Saudi Arabia Tribes of Arabia Tribes of Saudi Arabia Banu 'Amir