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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
• 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.
• 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
• Encyclopedia of Yemeni Surnames (in Arabic), by Ibrahim al-Muqhafi. The University Foundation for Studies, Publishing, and Distribution, 2010. Online at: Archive.org.
  • موسوعة الألقاب اليمنية، إبراهيم المقحفي. المؤسسة الجامعية للدراسات والنشر والتوزيع، 2010.
• The History of the 'Awaliq Tribes and Their Impact on Contemporary Media (in Arabic), by Dr. 'Alawi 'Umar bin Furayr al-'Awaliqi. Beirut: Dar Qutaybah, 2005. Online at: Archive.org.
  • تاريخ قبائل العوالق وأثره في الإعلام المعاصر, الدكتور علوي عمر بن فرير العوالقي. بيروت: دار قتيبة، 2005.
• The Most Important News about Yemen and the Genealogy of Haimyar (in Arabic), by al-Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad Hamdanī al-Qahirah: al-Maṭbaʻah al-Salafīyah wa-Maktabatuhā. N.p., 1949. Online at: Arabic Collections Online.
• 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 Yemen Archives and Libraries and Yemen Societies for more resources.