The Bani Utbah (Arabic: بني عتبة banī ʿUtbah) is a tribe, or tribal federation of Arab clans that originated from the region of Najd in central Arabia. The tribe is thought to have been formed when a group of disparate clans migrated from Najd to the Persian Gulf coast sometime in the late seventeenth century.Utub (Arabic: العتوب ʿutūb) is the plural name and the singular is Al-Utbi (Arabic: العتبي al-ʿUtbī ). The current ruling families of Bahrain the Al Khalifa and Kuwait (the Al-Sabah belong to the 'Utub, though genealogically they trace their descent to the 'Anizzah confederation. Other families of the 'Utub include Al-Fadhil, Al-Roumi, Al-Zayed, and Al-Jalahma are largely based in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. The name has been traced to the Arabic "atab" meaning "wanderer", referring to their migration into the Gulf area in 1744.[1] .
See also [link]
- Origin of the Bani Utbah tribe
- 1783 Bani Utbah Liberation of Bahrain
- History of Kuwait: The Anazia and Bani Utbah (Early Migration and Settlement)
- Zubarah
- Ahmed Al-Fateh
- Murair
- History of Bahrain
- History of Qatar
References [link]
- ^ Metz, Federal Research Division, Library of Congress ; edited by Helen Chapin (1994). Persian Gulf States : country studies (2nd ed. ed.). Washington, D.C.: U.S.G.P.O.. pp. 19. ISBN 0-8444-0793-3. https://countrystudies.us/persian-gulf-states/17.htm.
