Dulaim

Dulaim

Regions with significant populations
Iraq	5,200,000
Syria	3,600,000
Jordan	280,000
Saudi Arabia	120,000
Languages
Arabic
Religion
Predominantly Sunni Islam; largest minority: Shia Islam, Christianity

Dulaim or Dulaimi or Al Duliam or Dulaym (Arabic: الدليم) is one of the largest of all Arab tribes, with over nine million people, The tribe's history goes back to pre-Islamic times and millions descend from the tribe today in Iraq and neighboring countries such as Syria and Jordan.

Pronounced locally as "Al-Dulaim" but written as Dulaim, Also spelled Al-Dulaim, Dulaimi, Dulaym, Dalaimy, Duilaim, Duilaimi

Members of this tribe are commonly identifiable by the surnames of their own clans or by the name Al-Dulaimi.

Origins

In pre-Islamic times the Dulaim tribe was known by Zubaid, according to Dulaim leaders the tribe descend from Qahtan, others believe that Dulaim descend from ancient Iraqis, while some books Suggested that the Dulaim tribe formed from a tribal alliance.

The Shiite Arabs in iraq believes that the Dulaim tribe descend from Dailam (Persian people), however, the Dulaimis consider themselves as arabs.

The Dulaimis in iraq have Bedouin traditions and Speaking Iraqi Bedouin accent and look like arabs but they are to much tall.

History

The tribe is believed to have included a large number of Christians and Jews before Islam, The early Islamic historical sources report that the tribe religion was Judaism and Christian.

At time the of Caliph `Umar ibn al-Khattāb he granted them the western region of Euphrates, "Al Anbar" because the tribe has participated in fighting the Persian Empire.

The tribe abstain to pay taxes to the Ottoman Empire to about nearly century and half a century. and occurred between them and the Ottoman troops violent battles in 1799 and in 1819 and in 1820.

Until 1890 the majority of Dulaim tribe remained Bedouins. However, many have settled in cities, Baghdad and Ramadi and Fallujah and Mahmoudiya.

In 1920 The Iraqi revolt against the British in Anbar and Babil was led by Sheikhs of Dulaimi clans.

During the reign of Saddam Hussein's regime, The Dulaym participated eagerly in Saddam's security organs and were the key components of the Republican Guards the Mukhabarat and Estikhbarat services. For their service in crushing the 1991 uprising against saddam, the Dulaym tribe of Anbar received the honorific of "White Provinces" by Saddam Hussain in 1991. the tribe entered in Battles and clashes in Anbar province between 1993-1999 due to execution Iraqi army officers belonging to Dulaim clans, On the ground members of the Dulaim clans breaked the prisons and released the Dulaimi prisoners and control over police stations and the presidential palace at Ramadi and during that period Qusay Saddam almost killed but he wounded and escape, and Saddam response by bombarded Anbar and the city of Ramadi.

Saddam Hussein was aware of the realities of population and viewed cautiously the Anbar region and the areas surrounding Baghdad.

Dulaim and the events of Iraq War

Dulaim is the largest tribe in Anbar province, which formed the nucleus of the resistance\insurgency against U.S. forces in Iraq. Most of its members were in the business of shooting prior to the arrival of the US forces and continued their business under the guise of "resistance" instead of "Iraqi Republican Guard and Saddam's Fedayeen"

The Dulaimis were affected greatly by the Iraq War; accusing the shiite militias of cooperating with the Iraqi forces to supposedly kidnap, arrest, and kill Sunnis in Baghdad, and Dulaimi Sunnis in particular. The Dulaimis in baghdad and southern Baghdad accuse the Iraqi forces with targeting them.
The Leader of Al-Bataha and Al-Ghrer clan from Dulaim tribe were killed by the iraqi security force.

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Dulaimi Gunmen in anbar

As a result, many of the Dulaim tribe joined the armed groups fighting the American army and adopting Zarqawi style of roadside bombs, beheading and suicide attacks.

Dulaim region

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The Dulaimis in iraq

The tribe is located primarily in Anbar (western Iraq), it is present in all Iraq provinces, in particular Babil, Ninawa, Baghdad, Salah ad Din and Diyala. Dulaimis are also present in central and eastern Syria and the Iranian province of Khuzestan and in Najd and northern Saudi Arabia and in southern and northern Jordan.

The large Dulaim tribe is composed from more 500 clans, found mostly in Iraq and Syria. The Dulaim tribe is mostly comprised of Sunni Muslims. However, a Shitte branch exists in Najaf, Karbala, Basra, Babil and Baghdad . They are commonly called the Al Fatlah clans.

Sunni Muslims in Iraq are predominately from the Zubaid tribes, Dulaim, Al Jubour, Al Janabi, Al Azza, and Al Ubaid. The Dulaim tribe forms the majority of the Sunnis in Iraq . In fact, all the inhabitants Al-Anbar province are Sunni Muslims from the Dulaim tribe and among inhabitants it is commonly referred to as the Al Dulaim province .

The Dulaimis are spread over the area between Ctesiphon (currently known as Salman Pak) stretching south to Babylon (Al Hillah) and west to Ramadi in Anbar Province and to the north Taji, Samarra and Mosul.

There also a large presence of Dulaim tribe in Baghdad, the inhabitants of Al-A'amiriya, Adhamiyah, Dora, Al-Ghazaliya, Al-Wazireya, Hayy Al-Mansor, Yarmouk and Al-Saydiya in Baghdad and the areas surrounding Baghdad from the south, west and north, the region that lies between Baghdad and Al Hillah are almost completely from the Dulaim tribe.

List of the clans of Dulaim tribe

Dulaim branched out into various sub-clans, who in turn branched out into further sub-clans, the Dulaim tribe Composed from more 500 clans but the major clans of Dulaim tribe are :

• DULAIM
  • Al-Bu Ridaini
    • Al-Bu Assaf
    • Al-Bu Dhiyab
    • Al-Bu Hussein Al-Ali
    • Al-Bu Aitha
    • Al-Bu Dirnaj
    • Al-Bu Matroud
    • Al-Bu Ali
    • Al-Bu Jabir
  • Al-Bu Alwan
  • Al-Bu Fahd
  • Al-Bu Nimr
  • Al-Bu Khalifah
  • Al-Bu Mar'i
  • Al-Bu Risha
  • Al-Karabla
  • Al-Mahamda
  • Al-Falahat
  • Al-Bu Salim
  • Al-Bu Chilaib
  • Al-Bu Mahal
  • Al-Halabsa
  • Al-Bu Ubaid
  • Al-Malahma
  • Al-Bu Mahhal
  • Al-Bu Issa
  • Al-Jumeilat
  • Allahib
  • Salman
  • Al-Ghrer
  • Al-Bu Ghanm
  • Al-Bu Shihab
  • Al-Bu Sakr
  • Al-Jawaanh
  • Al-Bu Hardan
  • Al-Bu Sodah
  • Al-Bu Pali
  • Al-Bu Ghnam
  • Al-Bu Zidan
  • Al-Bu 'aamr
  • Al-Bu Khald
  • Al-Bu Mfarag
  • Al-Bu Farraj
  • Al-Bu Sha'ban
  • Al-Fatla
  • Al-Bataha
  • Al-Anbari
  • Qarghouli

Allied

• `Anizzah

• Al Jubour

• Al Ubaid

• Al Janabi

• Al Azza

• Zoba'

These clans are not independent tribes, they together are called Dulaim tribe.
Al Jubour and Al Ubaid and Al Azza and Al Janabi consider independent tribes separated from Dulaim and also descended from the Zubaid, The Zubaid tribes and Zoba' tribe are Allied to Dulaim and they all came from the same origin.

Sheiks and Leaders

There are many sheikhs of al-Dulaim tribe but the famous of them are:

• Sheikh Mazahr Abd Alkarim `Dhiab Kharbit Al-Dulaimi (Lebanon)
• Sheikh Majed Abdul-Razzaq al-Ali (Jordan)
• Sheikh Zeidan Khalaf Alawaad Al-Dulaim (Jordan)
• Sheikh Mohammed Almahshn Al-Dulaimi
• Sheikh Majid Ali Sulaiman (Jordan)
• Sheikh Ali Hatem Ali Sulaiman (Iraq)
• Sheikh Abdul-Jabbar Ali Sulaiman (Iraq)
• Sheikh Amer Ali Sulaiman (Iraq)
• Sheikh Bazi' Mua'jal Al-'kaud Al-namrawi (Iraq)
• Sheikh Mahmoud al-Fahdawi (Iraq)
• Sheikh Hazem Rasheed Al-Dulaimi and the Sheikhs of the Al-Ali Suleiman family and Al Kharibit family and Abu Nimr family and Abu Fahd family and many others.