Al-Jarjaryyah: Iraqi Ethnic Group, it's Origin, Past and Present
Authors/Creators
- 1. Former Prof. of Sociology & Social Anthropology, Mosul University, Mosul, Iraq. / American University in the Emirates, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 23 Regis Road, Wolverhampton, UK. WV6 8RH.
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ABSTRACT
An Arab tribe whose grandparents migrated from Yemen after the collapse of the Ma ’rib Dam 575 AD. Led by their grandfather Malik Ibn Fahem to the east of the Arabian Peninsula, specifically to Oman and settled in that country and became kings to it, especially the two brothers Abd and Jaffer. During the era of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) they convert to Islam voluntarily. Their rule continued until they appeared other tribes, which forced them to emigrate to the north, specifically to Iraq. They settled in the Iraqi-Iranian-Iranian triangle, where the Kurdish Shegag tribe lived and mixed with it, which led them to be affected by their Kurdish language. They stay more than 200 years. Then they moved south to the Zummar area, north of the city of Mosul, and on the dividing line between the Kurdish and Arab area. They became Kurdish and speak Arabic language. They wear Arab dress while they are Sunni Muslims. After the occupation of Iraq 2003, the Kurds are trying to include them as their Kurds, but they are Arabs.