Uqaydat الْعُقَيْدَات
Qahtan Arab tribe
Known by the nickname Sons of al-Abraz (عيال الابرز)
Ethnicity	Arab
Nisba	Al-Uqaidi
Location	Iraq  Syria  Saudi Arabia  Qatar  Bahrain
Parent tribe	Zubaid
Language	Arabic
Religion	Islam

Al-Uqaydat is a large Arab tribe predominantly based between Syria and Iraq. It is the largest tribe in the Deir ez-Zor province and according to Max von Oppenheim, it is the largest tribe in all of Mesopotamia.^[1] Members of the tribe can be found on both sides of the Iraqi-Syrian border.

The Uqaydat tribe is descended from the tribe of Zubaid.^[2]

Structure

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The tribe is divided into three main branches, each of which consists of several clans:

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