Zubaid

Zubayd
زبيد
Madh'hiji, Qahtanite Arab confederation
EthnicityArab
NisbaAl-Zubaidi
Qahtanite ArabsZubayd ibn Saad ibn Saad al-Ashira ibn Malik
Parent tribeBanu Saad
Populationover 20 million
Branches
  • Dulaim
  • Jubur
  • Albu Shabaan
  • Al-Laheeb
  • Azzah
  • Obaid
  • Al Uqaydat
  • Al-Bu Sultan
  • Al Busaraya
  • Al-Bu Mohammed Shuwailat
  • Al-Bani Saeed (The 5 brothers) Syria
LanguageArabic
ReligionIslam

Zubaid or Zubayd (Arabic: زبيد) is an Arab tribe from the Yemeni Madhhij Qahtanite confederation, that is the largest, richest and most powerful tribe in the world.

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 Busaraya, Al Bu Mohammed Shuwailat, and Al Bu Shabaan.

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References

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  1. ^ The Shi'is of Iraq By Yitzhak Nakash, pg.27
  2. ^ ‘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
  3. ^ ‘Abdallah Mahmud Shukri [al-Alusi], “Di’ayat al-Rafd wa al-Khurafat wa al-Tafriq Bayn al-Muslimin”, al-Manar 29 (1928): 440
  4. ^ Haydari, ‘Unwan al-majd, pg110-15, 118