Howeitat
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The Howeitat ( Arabic الحويطات, DMG al-Ḥuwaiṭāt ) are a large tribal association in the area of what is now Jordan and Saudi Arabia . The Howeitat consist of several tribes, for example the Ibn Jazi, the Abu Tayi, the Anjaddat and the Suleimanniyin.
The Howeitat have provided many soldiers from the Saudi Arabian National Guard and the Jordanian Armed Forces in the past . They own a lot of land around Wadi Rum as far as Saudi Arabia.
history
The Howeitat trace their ancestry back to a single ancestor, an Egyptian named Howeit. Around the 18th century they were pushed north by the expansion of the Wahhabi tribes of central Arabia. At the end of the 18th century, the Howeitat were already living around Aqaba and north of it. Some began to settle and pursued agriculture and pastoralism . But at the beginning of the 20th century they became nomads again because two rival sheikhs , Abtan Ibn Jazi and Auda Abu Tayi , focused on foraging, protection money and camel breeding.
The Abu Tayi and Ibn Jazi tribes were supporters of the Hashimites during the Arab revolt led by Prince Faisal . Auda Abu Tayi and Hamad Ibn Jazi raised a force to take Aqaba. In later years the Howeitat returned to agriculture. They also played a significant role in the Arab Legion . The Ibn Jazi tribe even played a leading role in the federation.
