Al-Zaffa

Al-Zaffa Clan
عشيرة الزففة
Branch of (Al-Ahmadah) Arab tribe
EthnicityArab
LocationLevant - Balqa
Descended from(Qahtan), Hijaz
BranchesAl-Amian, Al-Hamisat, Al-Basalsah, Al-Awaimer, Al-Talafih, Al-Balush
LanguageArabic
ReligionIslam

The Al-Zaffa are an Arabian branch of the Al-Ahmadah from the Levant.[1][2] Their lineage is attributed to Khozam bin Billy bin Amr of the Qahtan, originating in the Hijaz region of Yemen.[3][4]

  1. ^ معجم قبائل العرب القديمة والحديثة | مجلد 2 | صفحة 476 | المجلد الثاني | باب الزاي | زغيلات: | الأنسا [Dictionary of the Tribes of Ancient and Modern Arabs | Volume 2 | Page 476 | Volume II | Bab Al-Zai | Zghilat: | Al-Ansab] (in Arabic). p. 476.
  2. ^ Dictionary of Arab tribes (PDF) (in Arabic). United States - CIA Library. 1968. p. 277.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ Kahalah, Omar. "معجم قبائل العرب - الدكتور عمر كحالة - ج ٢ - الصفحة ٤٧٦" [Dictionary of Arab Tribes - Dr. Omar Kahala - C 2 - Page 476]. shiaonlinelibrary.com. p. 476. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
  4. ^ Khamsat aʻwām fī Sharqī al-Urdun : abḥāth akhlāqīyah, adabīyah, qaḍāʼīyah, dīnīyah [Five Years in Eastern Jordan]. Maṭbaʻat al-Qiddīs Būlus, Ḥarīṣā (in Arabic). 1929. pp. 266, 277. OCLC 122704272.