Draft:Al Aydi Tarabin Tribe

The Al Aydi Tarabin Tribe (العايد) traces its roots to an ancient Bedouin lineage that extends back to the بنو عايد Banu Ayed or بنو عائد Banu Aed. Its spelling differs on the territory's dialect. They are part of the جذام Jidam and قحطان Qahtan[1] tribes, whose origins lie in southern Arabia in today's Yemen, and who belonged to the عرب العاربة Arab al Aribah2. They have adopted monotheism more than two thousand years ago.[2]

A branch from the tribe left Yemen in 542 C.E and established themselves in Iraq, Levant, Egypt, Sudan, Maghreb and the South of Spain.[3] Nineteen families settled in the Negev,[4] in today's historical Palestine. The Egyptian branch of the family commonly goes by the name Abaza.[5]

Under the Mameluke administration, the Aydi of the Negev were connected to the الترابين Tarabin tribe despite having no blood ties to them. In other occasions, the Aydi family is associated with the التياها Tiyaha or الجبارات Jubarat tribes due to their involvement in trade, military, or land alliances.[6]

The name commonly used today is Aydi. It is sometimes associated with their reference tribe Tarabin.

  1. ^ (ar) علي جواد, المفصل في تاريخ العرب قبل الإسلام, vol. 4, بغداد, جامعة بغداد,‎ 1993, p. 168
  2. ^ (ar) العايد ، مجدي, قبيلة العايد الانساب وسير والاجداد, غزة, وزارة الثقافة الفلسطينية,‎ 2014
  3. ^ (ar) العايد ، مجدي, قبلية العايد الانساب وسير والاجداد ., غزة, وزارة الثقافة الفلسطينية,‎ 2014, p. 132, p. 147
  4. ^ (en) Al-Ayed, Majdi, Al-Ayed Tribe: Genealogies, Biographies and Ancestors, Al-Manar, Palestinian Ministry of Culture, 2014, p. 214
  5. ^ (en) Sayyid-Marsot, Afaf Lutfi, Egypt in the Reign of Muhammad Ali, Cambridge University Press, 1984, p. 123
  6. ^ (en) George William Murray, Sons of Ishmael : A Study of the Egyptian Bedouin, London, George Routledge and Sons LTD, 1935, p. 35-44