Al-Bayati () is a surname. It is connected to the Iraqi al-Bayat tribe. The ancestry and ethnicity of the al-Bayat tribe is contentious. The tribe's ancestry is often linked to the

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Bayat tribe and its ethnicity described as

Iraqi Turkmen The Iraqi Turkmen (, عراق تورکمنلری; Arabic: تركمان العراق), also referred to as Iraqi Turks, (, عراق توركلری; ) are the third largest ethnic group in Iraq. They make up to 10%–13% of the Iraqi population. I ...

or Turkish. Other sources however describe it as an

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tribe or mixed

and

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tribe of the

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tribal confederacy. The deceased Sheikh Hussein Aloush was ethnically Turkmen. Members of the tribe generally speak

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and

Notable people

* Sheikh Thaer al‑Bayati, Sunni Arab politician * Abd al-Wahhab Al-Bayati (1926–1999), Iraqi Arab poet *

Basil Al Bayati Basil Al Bayati (; born 13 May 1946) is an Iraqi-born architect and designer who has lived and practiced for the most part in Europe, in particular, London and who Neil Bingham, in his book 100 Years of Architectural Drawing: 1900–2000, has ...

(1946), Iraqi architect * Mohammed Mahdi al-Bayati (1962), Iraqi politician * T. Hamid al Bayati, Iraqi diplomat, academic and author

References

https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/366422 https://apnews.com/general-news-47fd19768dcf4a779885d9c1792dfdf3?utm_source=chatgpt.com {{surname, Al Bayati Arabic-language surnames