Iran Tribes and Clans: Difference between revisions

==Resources==

===Online Resources===

*''The Collection of Genealogies.'' Abu al-Mundhir Hisham bin Muhammad bin al-Sa’ib al-Kalbi. Beirut, Lebanon: Alam al-Kutub, 2004. '''''Online at:''''' [https://archive.org/details/1_20200812_20200812_1951/%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A9%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A8%20-%20%D8%AC1%20-%20%D9%87%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%85%20%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%88%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B0%D8%B1%20%D8%A8%D9%86%20%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF%20%D8%A5%D8%A8%D9%86%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%A8%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A/ Archive.org]

**جمهرة النسب. أبو المنذر هشام بن محمد بن السائب الكلبي. بيروت، لبنان: عالم الكتب, ٢٠٠٤

====Arabic====

*''The Collection of Arab Genealogies (in Arabic)'', by Abu Muhammad Ali bin Ahmed bin Saeed bin Hazm Al-Andalusi. Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah, 2018.

*المشجر الوافي في السّلسلة الموسويّة الجزء الأوّل: أنساب السادات من ذريّة محمد العابد. حسين ابو سعيد الموسوي. بيروت: دار صادر, ٢٠١٥

*المشجر الوافي في السّلسلة الموسويّة الجزء الثالث: أنساب السادات من ذريّة ابراهيم المرتضي الاصغر. حسين ابو سعيد الموسوي. بيروت: دار صادر, ٢٠١٥

*المشجر الوافي في السّلسلة الرضويّة. حسين ابو سعيد الموسوي. بيروت: دار صادر, ٢٠١٥

**نهاية الارب في معرفة انساب العرب. أبو العباس أحمد بن علي بن أحمد بن عبد الله القلقشندي.  بيروت، لبنان: دار الكتب العلمية

*سيرة آل هذال: شيوخ قبيلة عنزة، أخوان بتلا. الشيخ احمد العامري الناصري. لبنان - بيروت: الرفدين, ٢٠٠٩

*القاموس العشائري العراقي الجزء الأوّل ظ-ي. الشيخ احمد العامري الناصري. لبنان - بيروت: الرفدين, ٢٠٠٩

*قبيلة عنزة تاريخها، رجلاتها، أنسابها في العراق والجزيرة. الشيخ محروث الهذال (أمير عنزة). لبنان - بيروت: دار الرفدين, ٢٠٠٥

*''Genealogical Trees of Arab Tribes and Families: With Historical and Geographical Notes (in Arabic)'', by Ferdinand Wüstenfeld. Beirut: Dar Al-Warak, 1852. {{WorldCat|1334563942|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}

**مشجرات أنساب قبائل والعوئل العربية: مع مراصظات تاريخية وجغرافية. فرديناند فوستنفلد. بيروت: دار الورَّك, ١٨٥٢

*''Ǧamharat an-nasab : das genealogische Werk des Hišam Ibn Muḥammad al-Kalbī (Band I und II).'' By Werner Caskel. Leiden, Netherlands: E.J. Brill, 1966. {{FSC|4134132|item|disp=FS Catalog book INTL 953 D2c}}

*''Register zu den Genealogischen Tabellen der Arabischen Stämme und Familien: Mit Historischen und Geographischen Bemerkungen. (Register of the genealogical tables of the Arabian tribes and families : with historical and geographical notes)'' By Ferdinand Wüstenfeld. London: Reprint: Forgotten Books. 2009. {{WorldCat|1110711401|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}

===Tribes in Iran===

In the Middle East and North Africa, the term "tribe" refers to large collection of inter-related families that can trace their lineage back to a common ancestor; although, as is discussed in greater detail below, a shared ancestry is not always necessary for a family to join a tribe. It is typically used as a translation for the Arabic word "<big>قَبيلة</big>" (qabīlah), although in the Research Wiki "tribe" is also used for other Arabic terms. Tribes in the region can number in the hundreds to tens of thousands; some are relatively localized, while others are stretched or scattered over vast areas. Tribes are often divided into increasingly smaller kinship groups, including "<big>بَطْن</big>" (baṭn), "<big>فَخْذ</big>" (fakhth), and "<big>عَشيرة</big>" (ʿashīrah). The latter is translated in the Wiki as "clan".   

It is important to note that affiliation with a particular tribe does not necessarily entail direct kinship to that tribe. In some cases, new tribes formed as the result of alliances between pre-existing tribal groups. Individual families may have occasionally become clients of a different tribe and eventually adopted as members. On an even smaller scale, individuals were sometimes adopted into a tribe. This was particularly true during the first centuries of Islam, when non-Arab converts to Islam were required to become clients, or "mawali" (Arabic مَوالٍ), of an Arab tribe.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Spread of Islam," ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spread_of_Islam, accessed 8 October 2024.</ref> Therefore, association with a tribe does not automatically imply descent or kinship relationship within a given lineage.

==Information Recorded in the Records==

==Strategy==

The published works above include information useful for tracing Iranian tribal lineages. These works include lineages, tribal history, biographies of prominent individuals, poetry, or encyclopedic entries of tribes and their sub-divisions.

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