Al-Uqaydat (Arabic: الْعُقَيْدَات, romanized: al-ʿUqaydāt) is a large Arab tribe which straddles Syria's eastern border with Iraq. It is the largest tribe in the Deir ez-Zor province and according to Max von Oppenheim, it is the largest tribe in all of Mesopotamia.[1] Members of the tribe can be found on both sides of the Iraqi-Syrian border.
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The tribe is divided into three branches which are in turn divided into multiple clans: Busaraya clan
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These prefixes ignored in the alphabetical ordering: Al, Al-Bu, Albu, Banu. | |
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Part of Arab tribes |
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