Bani Khalid (tribe)

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Bani Khalid بني خالد
Flag of the Bani Khalid Emirate
Ethnicity	Arab
Nisba	Al-Khalidi الخالدي
Location	Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Iraq
Descended from	Khalid ibn al-Walid (Disputed)
Parent tribe	Quraysh
Language	Arabic (Gulf, Najdi)
Religion	Islam

Bani Khalid (Arabic: بني خالد) is an Arab tribal confederation mainly inhabiting the Arabian Peninsula. The tribe ruled southern Iraq, Kuwait, and Eastern Arabia (al-Hasa and al-Qatif) from the 15th century to the 18th century, and again under the auspices of the Ottoman Empire during the early 19th century. At its greatest extent, the domain of Bani Khalid extended from Iraq in the north to the borders of Oman in the South, and Bani Khalid wielded political influence by ruling the region of Najd in central Arabia. Most of the tribe's members presently reside in eastern and central Saudi Arabia, while others live in Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Syria, Palestine, Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates. Bani Khalid has both Shia Muslim^[1][2][3] and Sunni Muslim members.^[4][5]