Al-Uqaydat () is a large
Arab tribe which straddles
Syria
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's eastern border with
Iraq
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. It is the largest tribe in the
Deir ez-Zor province and according to
Max von Oppenheim
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, it is the largest tribe in all of Mesopotamia. Members of the tribe can be found on both sides of the
Iraqi-Syrian border.
Uqaydat tribe is descended from the tribe of
Zubaid.
Structure
The tribe is divided into three branches which are in turn divided into multiple clans:
Busaraya clan
* Abu Kamel
** Abu Hassan clan
** Al-Qaraan clan
** Abu Rahmat clan
** Al-Baqir clan
** Al-Shuwait clan
* Abu Kamal
** Al-Mireh clan and their sheikh is Mohamed Al-Gharab Al-Harsa
**Al-Hassoun clan and their sheikh is Ayman Al-Daham Al-dandal
** Al-Damim clan and their sheikh is Kamal Al-Naji Al-Jirah
** Al-Daleej clan
** Al-Marashda clan
** Al-Jaalkah clan
* Abu Zamil (
al-Shaitat)
** al-Khanfour
** al-Shabab
** al-Aliyat
References
Tribes of Arabia
Tribes of Iraq
Tribes of Syria
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