Al-Uqaydat (Arabic: الْعُقَيْدَات, romanized: al-ʿUqaydāt) is a large Arab tribe which straddles Syria's eastern border with Iraq. It is the largest tribe in the Deir ez-Zor province and according to Max von Oppenheim, it is the largest tribe in all of Mesopotamia.[1] Members of the tribe can be found on both sides of the Iraqi-Syrian border.
Uqaydat tribe is descended from the tribe of Zubaid.[2]
- ^ الفردوس عظم, محمود (2005). القبائل العربية في بلاد الشام: ابتداء من الجاهلية وحتى هذا الزمان (in Arabic). مكتبة اليقظة العربية.
- ^ العامة, Jordan دائرة الآثار (1966). حولية دائرة الآثار العامة. Department of Antiquities, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. p. 19.
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