Huwaytat الحويطات | |
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Judhami Arab tribe | |
Ethnicity | Arab |
Location | Hejaz, southern Jordan, The Negev, Sinai, Sharqia |
Parent tribe | Banu Judham |
Language | Arabic (Northwest Arabian dialect) |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
The Howeitat or Huwaitat (Arabic: الحويطات al-Ḥuwayṭāt, Northwest Arabian dialect: ál-Ḥwēṭāt) are a large Judhami tribe that inhabits areas of present-day southern Jordan, the Sinai Peninsula and Sharqia governate in Egypt, the Negev, and northwestern Saudi Arabia. The Howeitat have several branches, notably the Ibn Jazi, the Abu Tayi, the Anjaddat, and the Sulaymanniyin, in addition to a number of associated tribes.