Al Uqaydat

Al-Uqaydat (الْعُقَيْدَات) 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. Members of the tribe can be found on both sides of the Iraqi-Syrian border.

Uqaydat tribe is descended from the tribe of Zubaid.

Structure
The tribe is divided into three branches which are in turn divided into multiple clans: Busaraya clan
 * Abu Kamel
 * Abu Hassan clan
 * Al-Qaraan clan
 * Abu Rahmat clan
 * Al-Baqir clan
 * Al-Maree clan
 * Al-Shuwait clan
 * Abu Kamal
 * Al-Mireh clan and their sheikh is Mohamed Al-Gharab Al-Harsa
 * Al-Hassoun clan and their sheikh is Ayman Al-Daham Al-dandal
 * Al-Damim clan and their sheikh is Kamal Al-Naji Al-Jirah
 * Al-Daleej clan
 * Al-Marashda clan
 * Al-Jaalkah clan
 * Abu Zamil (al-Shaitat)
 * al-Khanfour
 * al-Shabab
 * al-Aliyat