The Khamseh Arabs are an

Arab Arabs (, , ; , , ) are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in West Asia and North Africa. A significant Arab diaspora is present in various parts of the world. Arabs have been in the Fertile Crescent for thousands of years ...

nomadic and pastoral tribe of

Fars province Fars Province or Pars Province, also known as Persis or Farsistan (فارسستان), is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Shiraz. Pars province has an area of 122,400 km2 and is located in Iran's southwest, i ...

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. They are a part of the Khamseh confederation. They speak a dialect of

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. Their population numbers about 200,000.ethnologue
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Branches

The two Arab tribes in

are Sheybani and Jabbareh.

Sheibani

The Sheybani (or Sheibani) migrated to

before the other group. At first they settled in Khorasan and later migrated to Fars district. A group of them live in Sheyban city of Bavi County in

Khuzestan Khuzestan province () is one of the 31 Provinces of Iran. Located in the southwest of the country, the province borders Iraq and the Persian Gulf, covering an area of . Its capital is the city of Ahvaz. Since 2014, it has been part of Iran's ...

.Ali Mohammad Najafi. Khamseh Tribes happenings. Nashre Hamsayeh

Jabbareh

The Jabbareh settled in Fars say they are descendants of

Jabir ibn Abd Allah Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr ibn Ḥarām al-Anṣārī (, died 697 CE/78 AH), Abu Muhammad and Abu Abd al-Rahman also wrote his nickname was a prominent companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and narrator of Hadith. Imami sources say ...

, a companion of

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. Their ancestor Sheikh Jinaah migrated to Fars and married a Sheybani girl, naming his descendants "Jabbareh".

Language

Khamseh Arabs speak a dialect of

that adopted many

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

words. Their language is hard for other Arabic speakers to understand.

Religion

Khamseh Arabs are mostly

Shia Shia Islam is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib () as both his political successor (caliph) and as the spiritual leader of the Muslim community (imam). However, his right is understood ...

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References

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Sources

* Ali Mohammad Najafi. Great Men of Arab Tribe and the Tribes * Ali Mohammad Najafi. Khamseh Tribes happenings * The history of Khamseh Arabs of Fars Ethnic groups in Iran Fars province Iranian Arab people by location Tribes of Arabia