Arab tribes
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Arab tribes are traditional kinship-based social groups in the Arab world, organized around shared ancestry, customs, and leadership structures that have historically shaped the region’s cultural and political life.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Arab tribes canonical | 3 |
| Arabian tribes | 3 |
| ArabTribesThroughQahtan | 1 |
| Baggara Arab groups | 1 |
| Qahtani Arabs | 1 |
| Yafa'i tribes | 1 |
Statements (94)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arab cultural institution
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kinship group ⓘ social group ⓘ tribal society ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
adaptation to modern nation-state structures
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adaptation to oil economy in Gulf states ⓘ age and gender-based roles ⓘ agro-pastoral adaptation in some regions ⓘ blood-feud traditions in some regions ⓘ blood-money (diyya) practices in some areas ⓘ bridewealth and dowry customs ⓘ chief-based leadership ⓘ clan and sub-clan subdivisions ⓘ clientage relationships in some periods ⓘ collective land-use traditions ⓘ collective responsibility ⓘ council-based decision making ⓘ cross-border kinship ties ⓘ customary arbitration councils ⓘ customary conflict resolution mechanisms ⓘ customary law adherence ⓘ diaspora communities in urban centers ⓘ emir leadership title in some tribes ⓘ endogamy tendencies ⓘ genealogical narratives ⓘ honor-based social norms ⓘ hospitality norms ⓘ influence on borderland governance ⓘ influence on conflict dynamics in rural areas ⓘ influence on inheritance customs ⓘ influence on local dress and material culture ⓘ influence on local political alignments ⓘ influence on marriage patterns ⓘ influence on music and oral arts ⓘ influence on naming practices ⓘ influence on resource access and grazing rights ⓘ influence on water-sharing arrangements ⓘ integration into imperial armies historically ⓘ integration with Islamic law to varying degrees ⓘ internal hierarchies between noble and client lineages ⓘ kinship-based organization ⓘ maintenance of shrines and local religious sites in some regions ⓘ mediation by elders ⓘ negotiated autonomy in some historical periods ⓘ negotiated relationships with central governments ⓘ negotiation of tribal and national identities ⓘ oral historical memory ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ participation in early Islamic conquests ⓘ participation in electoral politics in some countries ⓘ pastoralist heritage in many groups ⓘ patrilineal descent emphasis ⓘ persistence alongside modern legal systems ⓘ poetic traditions ⓘ regional diversity across the Arab world ⓘ role in Sufi networks in some areas ⓘ role in caravan trade historically ⓘ role in desert navigation and protection historically ⓘ role in inter-regional mediation historically ⓘ role in local security and protection historically ⓘ role in raising tribal militias ⓘ role in regional rebellions and uprisings ⓘ role in supporting or resisting state formation ⓘ role in transmitting Islamic scholarship in some regions ⓘ segmentary lineage structure ⓘ segmentary opposition between lineages ⓘ shared Arab identity ⓘ sheikh leadership title in many tribes ⓘ strong group solidarity ⓘ sultan leadership title in some historical contexts ⓘ tribal alliances and confederations ⓘ tribal codes of honor (sharaf, ird) in many regions ⓘ tribal customary law known as urf in many areas ⓘ tribal names and nisbas ⓘ tribal patronage networks ⓘ urban tribal associations in modern cities ⓘ urbanized segments in modern period ⓘ use of Arabic language ⓘ use of tribal identity in contemporary identity politics ⓘ use of tribal mediation in contemporary disputes ⓘ variation between nomadic, semi-nomadic, and settled lifestyles ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Ottoman period
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colonial period in the Arab world ⓘ contemporary Arab states ⓘ early Islamic period ⓘ medieval Islamic empires ⓘ pre-Islamic Arabia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Arabian Peninsula
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Gulf states NERFINISHED ⓘ Horn of Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ North Africa ⓘ Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Arabian tribes
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Qahtani Arabs
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ArabTribesThroughQahtan
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Baggara Arab groups
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Yafa'i tribes
this entity surface form:
Arabian tribes