Mutayr

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Mutayr is a prominent Arabian tribal confederation historically rooted in the Najd region of central Arabia.

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Mutayr canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arabian tribal confederation
tribe
associatedWith Najdi tribal alliances
continent Asia
country Saudi Arabia
culturalIdentity Arab tribal identity
culturalPractice oral genealogy preservation
tribal customary law (urf)
culturalRegion Najd
surface form: Najd cultural zone
culturalSphere Arabian Peninsula
ethnicGroup Arabs
ethnicReligionRelation predominantly Muslim Arab tribe
ethnogenesisRegion Najd
geographicOrigin Central Arabia
surface form: central Arabia
hasPart various clans
various lineages
historicalActivity caravan protection
pastoral nomadism
tribal warfare
historicalInfluence tribal politics of central Arabia
historicalRegion Central Arabia
historicalTerritoryType tribal grazing lands
identityType tribal confederation
language Arabic
linguisticFamily Semitic languages
macroEthnicGroup Bedouin communities
surface form: Arabian Bedouin
modernStatus largely settled population in Saudi Arabia
notableRegionOfPresence Najd Plateau
surface form: Najd plateau

central Saudi Arabia
partOf Arab tribes
surface form: Arabian tribes
politicalRole regional tribal power in Najd
region Najd
religion Islam
religiousBranch Sunni Islam
settlementPattern nomadic and semi-nomadic encampments
socialIdentity kinship-based community
socialStructure tribal
traditionalAuthorityStructure tribal shaykhs
traditionalDialect Najdi Arabic
traditionalEconomy herding
limited agriculture
trade
traditionalLifestyle Bedouin communities
surface form: Bedouin
typeOfOrganization segmentary lineage system

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Najd majorTribe Mutayr