Nusayri Tribes and Their Homelands

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Nusayri Tribes and Their Homelands

 

The Nusayriyyah comprise a number of clans and sub-clans of both Arab and Aramaic origins. Traces of the Aramaic language are still evident in their dialects and in the names of people, villages, and mountains.[1] Among these tribes and clans that follow the Nusayri doctrines are:

  1. Al Kalbiyyah: This is one of the largest Nusayri clans.
  2. Al Nawasirah
  3. Al Juhayniyyah: They are affiliated with their leader Juhaynah al Baghdadi.
  4. Al Qarahilah
  5. Al Halqiyyah: They came from Damascus, so they were attributed to it.
  6. Al Rashawinah: They originated in the village of al Rashiyyah located in Jabal al Sha’ra, west of Tall Salhab.
  7. Al Shalahimah
  8. Al Rasalnah
  9. Al Jardiyyah
  10. Al Khayyatiyyah: Named after Sheikh ‘Ali al Khayyat, who was responsible for bringing the Nusayri clans of al Sinjariyyah to the mountain area, among them the Baramikah and the Qubrusiyyah (the Cypriots).
  11. Al Basatrah
  12. Al ‘Abdiyyah
  13. Al Bara’inah
  14. Al Faqawirah
  15. Al ‘Amamrah
  16. Al Haddadiyyah
  17. Banu ‘Ali
  18. Al Bashaluwah
  19. Al Yashutiyyah
  20. Al ‘Atariyyah
  21. Al Matawirah
  22. Al Halabiyyah: These are the Nusayriyyah who came from Aleppo during the era of Sultan Salim al Turki, and they are called al Surak.
  23. Al Khazrajiyyah
  24. Al Suwarikhah
  25. Al Numaylatiyyah
  26. Al Sarabanah
  27. Al Sawarimah
  28. Al Muhalabah: Attributed to al-Muhallab ibn Abi Safrah.
  29. Al Dirawisah
  30. Al Muharizah
  31. Al Basharighah
  32. Al Jawahirah
  33. Al Sawahilah: These are the Nusayriyyah who settled in the region between Sahyun, Latakia, and Jabal al Aqra’.
  34. Al Antakiyun: They are from the regions of al Suwaidiyah, Qirat Mut, al Harbiyah, Qasir, Bilan, and Iskandarun.
  35. Al Atniyun: They are the Nusayriyyah who inhabited ‘Adnah, Tarsus, and Mirsin.

And the attribution in these names is either to individuals who are known to them or to villages and cities well known in their land and elsewhere.

They are now concentrated in the mountains bearing their name, in the cities of Latakia and al Qurdahah, and in the cities of Homs and Aleppo, with a few among them in Damascus, Tripoli, and Hamah, as well as in the villages of ‘Ayn Fit, Waz’urah, and Ghajar in northern Occupied Palestine, as well as other villages and cities mentioned throughout this research. However, in recent times—after the Nusayriyyah assumed the system of governance in Syria, the historic seat of the Umayyads—they have settled in most of the principal Syrian cities.[2]

 

NEXT⇒ Some of the leading figures of the Nusayriyyah

[1]  Hassan: Tarikh al Islam al Siyasi, 4/265-267.

[2]  Ghalib: Al Haft al Sharif, pg. 15-17. Also see ‘Ali: Khutat al Sham, 6/265-268.

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Nusayri Tribes and Their Homelands

 

The Nusayriyyah comprise a number of clans and sub-clans of both Arab and Aramaic origins. Traces of the Aramaic language are still evident in their dialects and in the names of people, villages, and mountains.[1] Among these tribes and clans that follow the Nusayri doctrines are:

  1. Al Kalbiyyah: This is one of the largest Nusayri clans.
  2. Al Nawasirah
  3. Al Juhayniyyah: They are affiliated with their leader Juhaynah al Baghdadi.
  4. Al Qarahilah
  5. Al Halqiyyah: They came from Damascus, so they were attributed to it.
  6. Al Rashawinah: They originated in the village of al Rashiyyah located in Jabal al Sha’ra, west of Tall Salhab.
  7. Al Shalahimah
  8. Al Rasalnah
  9. Al Jardiyyah
  10. Al Khayyatiyyah: Named after Sheikh ‘Ali al Khayyat, who was responsible for bringing the Nusayri clans of al Sinjariyyah to the mountain area, among them the Baramikah and the Qubrusiyyah (the Cypriots).
  11. Al Basatrah
  12. Al ‘Abdiyyah
  13. Al Bara’inah
  14. Al Faqawirah
  15. Al ‘Amamrah
  16. Al Haddadiyyah
  17. Banu ‘Ali
  18. Al Bashaluwah
  19. Al Yashutiyyah
  20. Al ‘Atariyyah
  21. Al Matawirah
  22. Al Halabiyyah: These are the Nusayriyyah who came from Aleppo during the era of Sultan Salim al Turki, and they are called al Surak.
  23. Al Khazrajiyyah
  24. Al Suwarikhah
  25. Al Numaylatiyyah
  26. Al Sarabanah
  27. Al Sawarimah
  28. Al Muhalabah: Attributed to al-Muhallab ibn Abi Safrah.
  29. Al Dirawisah
  30. Al Muharizah
  31. Al Basharighah
  32. Al Jawahirah
  33. Al Sawahilah: These are the Nusayriyyah who settled in the region between Sahyun, Latakia, and Jabal al Aqra’.
  34. Al Antakiyun: They are from the regions of al Suwaidiyah, Qirat Mut, al Harbiyah, Qasir, Bilan, and Iskandarun.
  35. Al Atniyun: They are the Nusayriyyah who inhabited ‘Adnah, Tarsus, and Mirsin.

And the attribution in these names is either to individuals who are known to them or to villages and cities well known in their land and elsewhere.

They are now concentrated in the mountains bearing their name, in the cities of Latakia and al Qurdahah, and in the cities of Homs and Aleppo, with a few among them in Damascus, Tripoli, and Hamah, as well as in the villages of ‘Ayn Fit, Waz’urah, and Ghajar in northern Occupied Palestine, as well as other villages and cities mentioned throughout this research. However, in recent times—after the Nusayriyyah assumed the system of governance in Syria, the historic seat of the Umayyads—they have settled in most of the principal Syrian cities.[2]

 

NEXT⇒ Some of the leading figures of the Nusayriyyah

[1]  Hassan: Tarikh al Islam al Siyasi, 4/265-267.

[2]  Ghalib: Al Haft al Sharif, pg. 15-17. Also see ‘Ali: Khutat al Sham, 6/265-268.