Bani Sakher

Sheikh Mithqal Pasha Al-Fayez, Jerusalem, 1933
The borders of Bani Sakher in the first half of the 20th century.
Sheikh Haditha Al-Khraisha of the Bani Sakher Tribe

The Beni Sakhar confederacy is one of the largest and most influential tribal confederacies in The Kingdoms of Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Its founder, Sakher bin Tha'labah al Tayy, a great-grandson of Jalhamah, likely lived in the 3rd century AD, making the tribe around 18 centuries old. The Bani Sakher began migrating to The Levant from the Hejaz as early as the 16th century and their influence continued growing until they became the most powerful tribe in northwestern Arabia around the mid 18th century.[1]

The Beni Sakher is made out of many clans, both through ancestry and alliances. These clans are primarily separated into three groups: the Al-Twaqa, headed by the princely Al-Fayez family; the Al-Ka'abneh, headed by the Khreisha family; and Al-Khdeir.[2]

  1. ^ Falconry in Arabia, Mark Allen; 1980, p.33.
  2. ^ Muhammad, Ghazi bin (1999). The Tribes of Jordan at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century (first ed.). p. 10. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2016.