The Abidah (Arabic: قبيلة عَبِيدة) are an Arab tribe located in eastern Yemen.[1][2]
History and origins
editThe Abidah are the descendants of Abidah bin Ma'awyah bin Amr bin Mawyah bin al-Harth bin Yazid bin Harb bin Ka'ab bin Alaah bin Jalad bin Madhhaj bin Azd bin Zaid bin Yashjub bin Arib bin Zaid bin Kahlan bin Saba.[3][4][5] After the final collapse of the Marib Dam, a large member of Al-Azd tribes' members emigrated and spread across the Arabian Peninsula, most of them what is now Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman and Kuwait. The Abidah tribe are known as Abidah Abrad to distinguish it from Qahtani Abidah Sarat that reside in Sarat Ubaida in Asir, southwestern Saudi Arabia.[2]
Location
editThe Abidah tribe lies in the Governorate of Marib. It is one of the biggest and most prominent tribes in Marib and eastern Yemen. Its territory covers the entire eastern half of the governorate and encompasses most of the Marib's oil and gas fields.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Al-Maqhafi, Ibrahim Ahmed (1985). معجم البلدان و القبائل اليمنية [Mujam al-buldān wa al-qabaʾl al-Yamaniyah] (in Arabic). Dar al-Kalimah. pp. 14, 1201.
- ^ a b c Coombs, Casey; Al-Sakani, Ali (22 October 2020). "Marib: A Yemeni Government Stronghold Increasingly Vulnerable to Houthi Advances". Sana'a Center For Strategic Studies. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ^ حجری یمانی, محمد بن احمد; اکوع, اسماعیل (1416). مجموع البلدان اليمن و قبائلها [Majmūʻ buldān al-Yaman wa-qabāʾilihā] (in Arabic). Dar al-Hikma al-Yamaniyah. p. 53.
- ^ ibn Aḥmad Ḥajrī, Muḥammad. "مجموع بلدان اليمن وقبائلها" [Majmūʻ buldān al-Yaman wa-qabāʾilihā]. books.rafed.net (in Arabic). p. 53. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
- ^ Ḥajrī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad (1984). Majmūʻ buldān al-Yaman wa-qāʾilihā (in Arabic). Wizārat al-Aʻlām wa-al-Thaqāfah. p. 53.
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