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Online Resources

• Al-Maktabah al-Shamilah (The Comprehensive Library) - Genealogy Category (Arabic) - catalogue of Arabic books on genealogy with detailed descriptions; books not accessible directly on website
• Al-Wafi tree by Abu Saeeda, Hussein. Beirut, Lebanon :Dar Sader Publishers, 2015. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
  • المشجر الوافي في السلسلة الموسوية، أبو سعيدة، حسين
• Arab Genealogy Books Online at FamilySearch Library; open access collection of Arabic genealogy books that have been digitized and can be browsed by country/region. They contain valuable information about tribal histories and family lineages.
• Dictionary of genealogies and ruling families in Islamic history by Zambaur, Eduard Karl Max von and Hassan Muhammad Zaki. Cairo, Egypt :Dar Alkutub Walwathayiq Alqawmiati,, 2016. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
  • معجم الانساب والأسرات الحاكمة في التاريخ الإسلامي، حسن محمد زكي
• Genealogical Science Library (Arabic - مكتبة علوم النسب) - digital catalogue of Arabic books on family and tribal genealogies; open source books are linked and accessible
  • Email: olomanasb@gmail.com
• Pages from the al-'Abd al-Jalil Family Documents (in Arabic), by Dr. 'Abdullah Yusuf al-Ghanim. Kuwait: Center for Research and Studies on Kuwait, 2014. Online at: Archive.org
  • صفحات من وثائق العبد الجليل, الدكتور عبد الله يوسف الغنيم. الكويت: مركز البحوث والدراسات الكويتية, 2014.
• The Chosen Saying Regarding the News of the Al-Amoudi Family by Al-Nakhabi, Abdullah bin Ahmed bin Mohsen. Amman, Jordan :Dar Alfath Lildirasat Walnashri, 2005. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
  • القول المختار فيما لآل العمودي من الأخبار، الناخبي، عبد الله بن أحمد بن محسن
• The Family of Rashid Bani Hajir, by Ghanim Mnahi Ghanim Mnahi Al-Rashid al-Hajiri. Kuwait: n.p., 2011. Online at: Archive.org
  • آل راشد بني هاجر، غانم مناحي غنيم مناحي آل راشد الهاجري. 2011: الكويت.
• The masters of the Alawi family, the Aridis, the Husseinis, their origins, their genealogy, their knowledge, their method by Hatim bin Muhammad bin Alawi Al-Sheikhan, Al-Jafri. Beirut, Lebanon :Menşuratü'd-Difaf, 2017. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
  • السادة آل علوي العريضيون الحسينيون أصولهم أنسابهما علامهم طريقتهم، حاتم بن محمد بن علوي آل شيخان، الجفري
• See Compiled Genealogies for more resources.

Oral Genealogies

• See Oral Genealogies for more resources.

Strategy

• See Compiled Genealogies for more online collections, catalogs, and repositories.
• Some repositories or societies may have additional compiled genealogies. See Kuwait Archives and Libraries and Kuwait Societies for more resources.