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Palestinian and Jordanian Clans and Tribes

Palestinian clans and tribes- Names of most notable clans Clan and Tribal importance in a state

Jordanian Clans and Tribes- Jordanian clan and family names Origin of Jordanian tribes

Introduction- In the Kingdom of Jordan and the Palestinian territories there are hundreds of clans and tribes that have been around since medieval times, these clans and tribes have close resemblance to the clans of Scotland, or the tribes and clans of Mongolia. Each clan or tribe has their own power and number, tribes usually are a number of families bond together usually for strength and unity, while clans on the other hand are families that are related by a common ancestors. Tribes usually are Bedouin, (desert nomads) while clans are usually farm people or city people.

Small clans number usually about 800-1000 people, while bigger clans can number from just a few thousand, to tens of thousands and even hundreds of thousands of people.

The formal cement that ties together clan members is a mithaq al-sharaf, or code of honor, which is binding on all male members. The mithaq is often a formal written agreement, pages long, that ties together all the disparate families that constitute the hamula. They pledge not only their loyalty to each other, but agree that an attack (physical or honor based) on one member constitutes an attack on all members of the hamula. Given that Palestinian society shares the honor-shame social system common to Mediterranean countries, individual members cannot easily violate this code without dishonoring themselves and their families. It is a powerful social glue, especially in the absence of a functioning state that can provide public security. Absent such a state, the code of vendetta and revenge often becomes dominant.

Clans The clan structure in Palestine is far more consequential than the Bedouin tribes, and has become even more important since the breakdown of the Palestinian Authority structures during the second uprising, or intifadat al-Aqsa, beginning in 2000. A clan, or hamula (plural: hama’il), will consist of at least several extended families (a’ila) claiming a shared ancestry, and linked through the father’s male line. Each extended family will generally include male first and second cousins, the women they marry, and the children of that union. Female children who marry outside of the hamula (and their children) then belong to the other hamula. Their nasab, or “relationship in law”, will bind them to a new hamula. Clans have served several historical functions that have contributed to their survival in the modern period. First, clans are a source of individual and family security. Outsiders will think twice before attacking a member of a clan, particularly a powerful hamula, knowing that revenge (tha’ir) will be taken.

Second, clans have historically been the organizing tool for cultivating shared lands (mush’a lands). Hamulas are specifically peasant-based, and peasant clans would share cultivation responsibilities for most all fertile lands in Palestine (except for small private, or mulk, plots, and in some cases miri, or state lands).

The formal cement that ties together clan members is a mithaq al-sharaf, or code of honor, which is binding on all male members. The mithaq is often a formal written agreement, pages long, that ties together all the disparate families that constitute the hamula. They pledge not only their loyalty to each other, but agree that an attack (physical or honor based) on one member constitutes an attack on all members of the hamula. Given that Palestinian society shares the honor-shame social system common to Mediterranean countries, individual members cannot easily violate this code without dishonoring themselves and their families. It is a powerful social glue, especially in the absence of a functioning state that can provide public security. Absent such a state, the code of vendetta and revenge often becomes dominant.

Types of Arabs

Arabs are, and have been catagorized into three different types of people, the Bedu or Bedouins, inhabitants of the desert, Falahis who are farming people, sometimes considered the middle class, and the Madanis or city people.

Christian Arab Tribalists from city of Madaba, Jordan.

Palestinian Families by Area

Nablus Nabulsi Dweykat clan Mansur Kanaan

Ramallah Tawil clan Barghouthi Ziyada Haniyya

Hebron Tamimi (Sub clan of Bani Tamim) Dweik clan Hashemite Clan Coat of ArmsAttallah clan House Sharabati (Sub clan)

Bethlehem Ta'aamra clan 'Atrash Barghouthi

Gaza Araffat Jaraf Abu Awda Abu Taha Al-Sha'ir

Jenin Abu Hasan Shami clan House Abualrub (Sub clan of Hashemite clan)Idwani Clan Bedouin Warrior Near Jordan Valley House Zakarneh House Jarrar

Jordanian Families Bani Sakhar tribe Bani Hassan tribe Bani Kaab tribe Idwani clan (sub clan of Bani Sakhar) Lowzi clan (origin from Lowz, in Palestine) Hashemite clan (Ruling clan of the Kingdom of Jordan)Bani Hassan and Bani SakharWars have been made between certain clans and tribes some have resulted for tens of years, the Bani Sakhar tribe of southern Jordan and the Bani Hassan tribe of northern Jordan had went to war before the Palestinian Nakba and harsh battles have been seen between them, when the Jordanian Hashemite king came into power, he tried to unite the Jordanian tribes to stop fighting and instead join his side, this was successful which resulted in the creation of the Jordanian army consisting mostly of the Bani Sakhar tribe, while the Jordanian intelligence and police consisting of the northern Bani Hassan tribe. Palestinian and Jordanian Clans and Tribes.