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The Tribes of Yemen are those residing within the borders of the Republic of Yemen. While there are no official statistics, some studies suggest that tribes make up about 85% of the population, which was 25,408,288 as of February 2013. [1] [2] Estimates vary, with approximately 200 tribes in Yemen, although some reports list more than 400.
Pages in category "Yemeni tribes" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total. ... Tribes of Arabia; Tribes of Yemen; Y. Yafa'a; Yaman (tribal group ...
Banu Quda'a, were a Himyarite tribe that was exiled from Yemen following the trials of the Lakhmids and they settled The Southern part of the Lakhmid Kingdom in the Samawaregion. Banu Amela, were the first South Arabian tribe to settle The Southern part of Mt Lebanon later known as Jabal Amil, possibly as early as the 1st millennium BC.
Pages in category "Ethnic groups in Yemen" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. ... Murad (tribe) P. Pakistanis in Yemen; Q. Qalmashube; S ...
Yemeni tribes played a pivotal role in the Islamic conquests of Egypt, Iraq, Persia, the Levant, Anatolia, North Africa, Sicily and Andalusia. [54] [55] [56] Yemeni tribes that settled in Syria, contributed significantly to the solidification of Umayyad rule, especially during the reign of Marwan I.
When the former states of North and South Yemen were established, most resident minority groups departed. [10] Yemen is still a largely tribal society. [11] In the northern, mountainous parts of the country, there are some 400 Zaidi tribes. [12] There are also hereditary caste groups in urban areas such as Al-Akhdam. [13]
The tribes remained on alliance to Ali but didn't oppose the Umayyads or ally themselves with the other Shias. [citation needed] At that time Yemen was experiencing a great population movement forming the bulk of the Islamic Expansion mainly settling and Arabizing North Africa/Spain. However, the majority of the Hamdan tribe remained in Yemen ...
The Hadharem (Arabic: حضارم, romanized: ḥaḍārim; singular: Hadhrami, Arabic: حضرمي, romanized: ḥaḍramī) are an Arabic-speaking ethnographic group indigenous to the Hadhramaut region in the Arabian Peninsula, which is part of modern-day Yemen.