Zubaid

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Zubaid (or 'Zubayd') is a large Arab tribe, which migrated to Iraq, before and after the Islamic conquest. The tribe was an offshoot of the Yemeni tribe of Midhhij (which is a Qahtanite Arab tribe). The Zubaid tribe's first leader was the companion of Prophet Mohammed, named Saad bin Maadi Karb.

The main tribe of Zubaid lives in Iraq, which is based in Suwaira, in the Governorate of Wasit (whose overall leader is Shaikh Maad Jassim Al-Samarmad). Many other tribes trace their lineage to Zubaid. During the late 18th century and the 19th century, the bulk of today's Shi'a Zubaid in Iraq converted to Shia Islam.^[1][2][3][4] However, the Bani Hukayyim section (of the Zubaid) only converted to Shi'ism during the latter part of the 19th century.^[5] Some sections of Zubaid, such as Al-Ajeel tribe in Tikrit, and Al-Jhaishat in Suwaira remain Sunni Muslims. Other tribes that trace their lineage to Zubaid have their own separate Shaikhs, or tribal leaders, including Dulaim, Juboor, Azzah, Ubaid, Al Bu Sultan, Al Bu Mohammed Shuwailat and Al Suwaed.

Notes

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
5. ^ The Shi'is of Iraq By Yitzhak Nakash, pg.42, and “Iraq, 1900 to 1950” by Stephen Longrigg (Oxford, 1953), 25