Al-Dhafeer

Dhafeer الظفير
Bedouin Arab tribe
Ethnicity	Arab
Nisba	al-Dhafeeri
Location	Iraq  Saudi Arabia  Kuwait  Bahrain
Parent tribe	Tayy
Language	Arabic
Religion	Sunni Islam

Al-Dhafeer (Arabic: الظفير) is a Bedouin Arab Tribe. That descend from Tayy. The Nisba of Al-Dahfeer is Al-Dhafeeri (Arabic: الظفيري) They lived in the Desert of north Najd and north Bahrain (Eastern Arabia), which is the desert of south Iraq and north Saudi Arabia and north Kuwait. Before that, the lived in the Desert of central Najd from around 1450 AD to 1740 AD, and earlier they lived in the Desert east of Medina from around 1200 AD to 1450 AD.

Now most of the tribe lives in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait taking positions such as professors, politicians, scholars, doctors and engineers. They also live in small numbers in Iraq, Syria, Qatar, Bahrain and Turkey.

Branches

Al-Dhafeer is divided into two parts:

• Al-Butoon:

1-Al-Suwait

2-Al-Saaed

3-Beni Hussein

4-Al-Katheer

• Al-Sumada:

1-Al-Jawasim

2-Al-Thiraan

3-Al-Maalem

4-Al-Maaden

5-Al-Oraif

6-Al-Alajanat

7-Al-Asakar

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