Palestine Tribes and Clans

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

Books

• Pedigree population. Abu al-Mundhir Hisham bin Muhammad bin al-Saeb al-Kalbi. Beirut, Lebanon: World of Books, 2004
• The genealogical population of the Arabs. Abu Muhammad Ali bin Ahmed bin Saeed bin Hazm Al-Andalusi. Beirut, Lebanon: Scientific Book House, 2018
• Gold necklaces in knowing the genealogy of the Arab tribes. Mustafa Hamidi bin Ahmad al-Kurdi al-Balawi al-Dimashqi. Beirut, Lebanon: Al-Hilal House and Library, Bir Al-Abd, 2000
• Genealogical trees of Arab tribes and families: with historical and geographical notes. Ferdinand Faustenfeld. Beirut: Dar Al-Warak, 1852
• Contagious ratios and great Yemen. Abu al-Mundhir Hisham bin Muhammad bin al-Saeb al-Kalbi. Beirut, Lebanon: World of Books, 2010
• 'The end of the Lord in knowing the genealogy of the Arabs. Abu al-Abbas Ahmed bin Ali bin Ahmed bin Abdullah al-Qalqashandi. Beirut, Lebanon: Scientific Book House

German

• Ǧamharat an-nasab : das genealogische Werk des Hišam Ibn Muḥammad al-Kalbī (Band I und II) (the genealogical work of Hisham Ibn Muḥammad al-Kalbī (volumes I and II). By Werner Caskel. Leiden, Netherlands: E.J. Brill, 1966. FS Library book INTL 953 D2c

Dictionaries and Reference

Arabic

• Genealogy of the tribes of the Arabian Peninsula. Majid Nasser Al-Zubaidi. Beirut, Lebanon: Euphrates, 2010
• A dictionary of ancient and modern Arab tribes. Omar Reza as a case. Damascus, Syria: Al Resala Foundation Publishers, 2011

German

• Register zu den Genealogischen Tabellen der Arabischen Stämme und Familien: Mit Historischen und Geographischen Bemerkungen. By Ferdinand Wüstenfeld. London: Reprint: Forgotten Books.

Individual Tribes and Tribal Confederations

Arabic

• تاريخ بير السبع وقبائلها. عارف الارف. القاهرة مصر: مكتبة الثقافة الدينية, ٢٠٠٨