Summary
Zubaid or Zubayd (Arabic: زبيد) is an Arab tribe from the Yemeni Madhhij Qahtanite confederation, that is one of the largest Arab tribes in the Arab world.
| Zubayd زبيد | |
|---|---|
| Madh'hiji, Qahtanite Arab confederation | |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Nisba | Al-Zubaidi |
| Qahtanite Arabs | Zubayd ibn Saad ibn Saad al-Ashira ibn Malik |
| Parent tribe | Banu Saad |
| Population | over 20 million |
| Branches |
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| Language | Arabic |
| Religion | Islam |
It participated in the Islamic conquests in the early days of Islam. Among them were Abu Bakr al-Zubaydi, the great companion Al-Harith bin Omair Al-Zubaidi and Amr bin Ma’di al-Zubaydi, a famous arabic warrior who joined Islam and one of the leaders at the Battle of Al-Qadisiyah.
The tribe migrated to Iraq, Syria and Ahwaz from Yemen before and after the Islamic conquest.
Many other tribes trace their lineage to Zubaid.[1][2][3][4] Zubaid is mainly Muslims.
Other tribes that trace their lineage to Zubaid have their own separate Shaikhs, or tribal leaders, including Dulaim, Jubur, Al-Laheeb, Azzah, Obaid, Al Uqaydat, Al Bu Sultan, Al Bu Mohammed Shuwailat, and Al Bu Shabaan.
References edit
- ^ The Shi'is of Iraq By Yitzhak Nakash, pg.27
- ^ ‘Uthman ibn Sanad al-Basri al-Wa’ili, Mukhtasar Kitab Matali’ al-Su’ud bi-tayyib Akhbar al-Wali Da’ud, ed. Amin al-Hilwani (Cairo, 1951/2), 169
- ^ ‘Abdallah Mahmud Shukri [al-Alusi], “Di’ayat al-Rafd wa al-Khurafat wa al-Tafriq Bayn al-Muslimin”, al-Manar 29 (1928): 440
- ^ Haydari, ‘Unwan al-majd, pg110-15, 118