Editing Bedouin (section)

== Tribes and populations ==
[[File:Bedouin map.jpg|thumb|right|Map of the Bedouin tribes in 1908]]
[[File:Close of the 1930 locust campaign. Bedouins racing and feasting at Beersheba on June 30th, 1930. Bedouin types of the desert. Watching the races LOC matpc.15606.jpg|thumb|Bedouins racing and feasting at [[Beersheba]] in 1930]]
There are a number of Bedouin tribes, but the total population is often difficult to determine, especially as many Bedouin have ceased to lead nomadic or semi-nomadic lifestyles. Below is a partial list of Bedouin tribes and their historic place of origin.
[[File:Syrian Bedouin Shepherd.jpg|thumb|Bedouin shepherd in [[Syrian Desert]]]]
[[File:Bedouins on Horseback.tif|thumb|Bedouins on [[horseback]], 1950s]]
[[File:Bedouin Camp 1 by Tom And Linda Anderson 3841041338.jpg|thumb|Bedouin camp in Saudi Arabia in the 1970s]]
*[[Otaibah]], located in [[Najd]] and [[Hejaz|Hijaz]], found mainly in the [[Arabian Peninsula]] in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates.
*[[Harb (tribe)|Harb]], located in the [[Arabian Peninsula]].
*[[Beni Sakhr|Beni Sakher]], located in Jordan, Egypt, Syria, and Iraq. Families in the tribe such as the [[Al-Fayez]], Al-Zaben, Al Hgeish, Al-Jboor, and the Al-Khreisheh represent the tribe in Jordan and wield significant political power in the country after the [[Hashemites]]. There are other families that are smaller in size including Al-Mteirat, Al-Hamed, Al-Badarin, and Al-Othman. 
*[[Banu Hilal]], located in [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Morocco]], [[Algeria]], [[Tunisia]] and [[Libya]]. The tribe originated in [[Najd]], but migrated in the 11th century to North Africa in what is famously known as [[Taghribat Bani Hilal]].<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite book |last=Versteegh |first=Kees |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_75PBQAAQBAJ&q=Moroccan+Bedouin&pg=PT288 |title=The Arabic Language |date=31 May 2014 |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |isbn=978-0-7486-9460-0 |page=288 |access-date=19 October 2015}}</ref>
*[[Banu Sulaym]], located in [[Libya]], [[Tunisia]], [[Algeria]], [[Morocco]] and [[Syria]].<ref name="ReferenceA" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chaamba.net/ |title=Le site de la tribu des Chaâmba Algériens |work=chaamba.net |language=fr}}</ref>
* [['Anizzah]], some of the clans of this tribe are Bedouins, they live in northern Saudi Arabia, western Iraq, the Gulf states, [[Syrian steppe]] and in [[Bekaa]].
* '[[Azazima]], [[Negev desert]] and [[Egypt]].
* [[Bani Hamida|Beni Hamida]], east of Dead Sea, Jordan.
* [[Banu Yam]] centered in [[Najran Province]], Saudi Arabia and Iraq and is divided into Bedouins and urban
* [[Al Bu Shamis]] (Tribe), Buraimi, Sultanate Of Oman - Al Ain City, Abu Dhabi, UAE<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=1954-12-06 |orig-date=1917 |title=Statement of 'Ali Aba al-Rus [Bedouins Tribes Of Buraimi] |url=https://www.agda.ae/en/catalogue/tna/fo/464/38/n/243 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241106045805/https://www.agda.ae/en/catalogue/tna/fo/464/38/n/243 |archive-date=2024-11-06 |website=Arabian Gulf Digital Archives |language=en |quote=We spent about six months with Su'ayyid Al Faisal and went from Buraimi with seventy-six riding-camels as gifts from all the Bedouins: Nu'aim, Al Bu Shamis, Bani Kitab [Qitab], Bani Ka'b, The Balush, ...}}</ref>
* [[Na'im]] (Tribe), Buraimi, Sultanate Of Oman - Al Ain City, Abu Dhabi, UAE<ref name=":2" />
* [[Nu'aym]] (Tribe), southern and central Syria, particularly [[Golan Heights]], [[Hauran]] and [[Homs]]
* [[Balush (tribe)|Balush]] (Tribe), Buraimi, Sultanate Of Oman - Al Ain City, Abu Dhabi, UAE<ref name=":2" />
* [[Bani Qitab]] (Tribe), Buraimi, Sultanate Of Oman - Al Ain City, Abu Dhabi, UAE<ref name=":2" />
* [[Bani Kaab]] (Tribe), Buraimi, Sultanate Of Oman - Al Ain City, Abu Dhabi, UAE<ref name=":2" />
* [[Khawatir]] (Tribe), Buraimi, Sultanate Of Oman - Al Ain City, Abu Dhabi, UAE<ref name=":2" />
* Ghafalah (Tribe), Buraimi, Sultanate Of Oman - Al Ain City, Abu Dhabi, UAE<ref name=":2" />
* [[Dulaim]], a very large and powerful tribe in [[Al Anbar]], Western [[Iraq]].
* al-Amad (alAmad, Al Amad, Al-Amad family) of al-Umdah clan ("The Mayors Tribe"), one of the smaller yet prominent tribes of the Arabian Peninsula. Mostly scattered across Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Palestine and United Arab Emirates. This tribe is also associated with Samaritan<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/samaritan/surnames | title=FamilyTreeDNA - Genetic Testing for Ancestry, Family History & Genealogy }}</ref> ancestry ([[Samaritans]]).
* al-Abadi "Abadi clan" mostly based in Jordan. Very well respected across the country with influential positions in the Army and national services. 
*[[al-Duwasir]], also known as al-Dousari located in central Saudi Arabia, especially [[Wadi Al-Dawasir]], as well as Eastern Arabia in the [[Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia|Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia]], Bahrain, Kuwait, and Qatar.
* [[Ghamid]], large tribe from [[Al-Bahah Province]], Saudi Arabia, mostly settled, but with a small Bedouin section known as ''Badiyat Ghamid''.
* [[al-Hadid]], large Bedouin tribe found in Iraq, Syria and Jordan. Now mostly are settled in cities such as Haditha in Iraq, Homs & Hama in Syria, and Amman in Jordan.
* al-[[Howeitat]], one of the largest tribes in Jordan, northern Saudi Arabia, and eastern Egypt. The descends from [[Banu Judham|Judham]], an ancient north Arabian Qahtanite tribe.
* [[Qahtan]], one of the largest tribes in the Arabian Peninsula. The Bedouin portion of the tribe roamed an area extended from the South of Najd to the Southwest of Saudi Arabia.
* [[Al-Dhafeer]] in Northeast Saudi Arabia, Southern Iraq, and Kuwait.
* [[Mawali (tribe)|Mawali]], central and northern Syria
* [[Mutayr]] in Central and Eastern Saudi Arabia.
* [[Bani Khalid]], some of its clans are Bedouins in Eastern Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan, Egypt and Syria.
* [[Al Murrah]] are one of the largest and powerful tribes of the Arabian Peninsula covering Southeastern Saudi Arabia, Qatar and United Arab Emirates. The tribe historically roamed the [[Empty Quarter]] desert.
* [[Ajman (tribe)|Ajman]] of Eastern Saudi Arabia.
* [[al-Mawasi]], a group living on the central [[Gaza Strip]] coast.
* [[Maqil|Ma'qil]], a Bedouin tribe of Yemeni origin, located in Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, and west Algeria.
* [[Muzziena tribe]] in [[Dahab]] and South Sinai (Egypt).
* [[Shahran]] (al-Ariydhah), a very large tribe residing in the area between Bisha, Khamis Mushait and Abha. Al-Arydhah 'wide' is a famous name for Shahran because it has a very large area, in Saudi Arabia.
* [[Shammar]], a very large and influential tribe. The Bedouins of this tribe live in Iraq, northern Saudi Arabia, Syria and Jordan. Descended from the ancient tribe of [[Tayy]] from [[Najd]].
* [[Subay']], Some of the clans of this tribe are bedouins and live in the far south of the Najd region.
* [[Tarabin bedouin|Tarabin]]—one of the largest tribes in [[Egypt]] ([[Sinai peninsula|Sinai]]) and [[Israel]] ([[Negev]]). 
* [[Tuba-Zangariyye]], [[Israel]] near the [[Jordan river]] cliff in the Eastern [[Galilee]].
* [[Al Wahiba]], a large tribe in Oman residing in the [[Sharqiya Sands]], also known as the Wahiba Sands
* [[Rashaida people|Al Rashaida]] is originally a tribe from the Hejaz, but large portions of it have migrated to Eritrea and Eastern Sudan. Although bedouins from other tribes have migrated with them as well, the name has come to refer to all of them.