Khafaja
Ethnic group
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Khafaja or Khafajah (Arabic: خفاجة, also known as Al-Khafaji and Khafaji) is one of the major Arab tribes (especially in Iraq and Egypt) as well Saudi Arabia, Syria and Jordan .[1]
See also
- Ibn Khafaja
- Shihab al-Din al-Khafaji
- Khafajah
- Khafajiyeh
- Banu Uqayl
References
- ^ Encyclopaedic Ethnography of Middle-East and Central Asia-edited by R. Khanam; the oldest Middle Eastern Tribe, Khafaja can be traced back to the inhabitants of the city of Khafaja in Ancient Sumeria ; where the Temple of Khafaja continues to be known as the best "oval temple" shape of ancient Sumeria. this temple community regulated the affairs of the social community. (See : Imagining Babylon: The Modern Story of an Ancient City By Mario Liverani)
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These prefixes ignored in the alphabetical ordering: Al, Al-Bu, Albu, Banu.
- Al Ali
- Al-Ali (Iraq)
- Banu Asad
- Al-Baggara
- Al-Bu Badri
- Al-Dhafeer
- Dhanyal
- Dulaim
- Albu Nimr
- Al-Duraji
- Jubur
- Khafaja
- Banu Lam
- Al-Mazeedi
- Al-Muntafiq
- Al-Bu Nasir
- Al-Bejat
- Al-Rahabi
- Shammar
- Talafha
- Banu Tamim
- Al-Ubaid
- Al Uqaydat
- Al-Zawalim
- Zubaid
Part of Arab tribes
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