Otaibah

The Otaibah (Arabic: عتيبة, also spelled Otaiba, Utaybah) is one of the biggest Arabian tribes originating in the Arabian Peninsula. Their distribution spans throughout Saudi Arabia, especially in Najd and Hejaz. and the Middle East. The Otaibah are descended from the Bedouin. They trace back to the Mudar family and belong to the Qays ʿAylān confederacy through its previous name, Hawazin.[1][2]

Otaiba
عتيبة
EthnicityArabs
NisbaAl-Otaibi/العتيبي
Location
Descended from
  • first novel:

Otaibah bin Guzayah bin Jusham bin Muawiya bin Bakr bin Hawāzin bin Manṣūr bin ʿIkrima bin K̲h̲aṣafa bin Qays ʿAylān bin Mudir bin Nizar bin Ma'ad bin Adnan[3]

  • second novel:
Otaiba bin Kaab bin Hawazin bin Saleh bin Shabab bin Abd al-Rahman bin Al-Haytham bin Al-Harith bin Abdullah bin Shajna bin Jaber bin Razam bin Nasirah bin Fasiya bin Nasr bin Saad bin Bakr bin Hawazen [4] [5]
Parent tribeBanu Sa'd bin Hawazin
Branches
  • Rog
  • Barqa
  • Banu Sa'd
LanguageArabic
ReligionSunni Islam
Surnames
  • 2 dhabahat Al-hayil litamat Al-eayil
  1. ^ "ʿUtayba", in: Encyclopaedia of Islam. Gibb, H. A. R. (Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen), 1895–1971., Bearman, P. J. (Peri J.) (New ed.). Leiden: Brill. 1960–2009. ISBN 9789004161214. OCLC 399624.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. ^ 'al-Ḥid̲j̲āz', in: Encyclopaedia of Islam. Gibb, H. A. R. (Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen), 1895–1971., Bearman, P. J. (Peri J.) (New ed.). Leiden: Brill. 1960–2009. ISBN 9789004161214. OCLC 399624.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. ^ Mutheeb Mohammed Al-Mutheeb Al-Otaibi. The book of Otaiba al-Hila (from Hawazin) (ed. sixth). page. 27. (Arabic)
  4. ^ "مشجرة الباحث نشمي ماجد البعير". Archived from the original on 2023-02-18.
  5. ^ Turki bin Mutlaq al-Qaddah. A book to achieve the lineage of the Otaiba tribe. page. 436. (Arabic)
  6. ^ Mutheeb Mohammed Al-Mutheeb Al-Otaibi. The book of Otaiba al-Hayla (from Hawazin) (6th ed.). page. 29 to p. 30 (Arabic).