The Khamseh Arabs are an

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nomadic and pastoral tribe of Fars Province in

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. They are a part of the Khamseh confederation. They speak a dialect of

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. Their population numbers about 1000.ethnologue
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Branches

The two Arab tribes in Fars Province are Sheybani and Jabbareh.

Sheibani

The Sheybani (or Sheibani) migrated to

before the other group. At first they settled in

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and later migrated to Fars district. A group of them live in

Sheyban Shiban (Sheiban) or Shayban ( mn, Шибан, ''Shiban'', also spelled ''Siban''; uz, Shaybon / Шайбон) was a prince of the early Golden Horde. He was a grandson of Genghis Khan, the fifth son of Jochi and a younger brother of Batu Khan ...

city of

Bavi County Bavi County ( fa, شهرستان باوی) is in Khuzestan province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Mollasani Mollasani ( ar, ملاثاني, also Romanized as Mollāsānī, Mollā S̄ānī, Mollā Sāny, and Mulla Sāni; a ...

Khuzestan Khuzestan Province (also spelled Xuzestan; fa, استان خوزستان ''Ostān-e Xūzestān'') is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the southwest of the country, bordering Iraq and the Persian Gulf. Its capital is Ahvaz and it covers ...

.Ali Mohammad Najafi. Khamseh Tribes happenings. Nashre Hamsayeh

Jabbareh

The Jabbareh settled in Fars know themselves as the descendants of

Jabir ibn Abd Allah Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr ibn Ḥarām al-Anṣārī ( ar, جابر بن عبدالله بن عمرو بن حرام الأنصاري, died 697 CE/78 AH), was a prominent companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Life Early life Jabi ...

, a companion of prophet

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. Their ancestor Sheikh Jinaah migrated to Fars and married a Sheybani girl, naming his descendants "Jabbareh".

Language

Khamseh Arabs speak a dialect of

that adopted many

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words. Their language is hard for other Arabic speakers to understand.

Religion

Khamseh Arabs are mostly

Shia Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest Islamic schools and branches, branch of Islam. It holds that the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad in Islam, Muhammad designated Ali, ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his S ...

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but

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Minorities are also present.

References

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Sources

* Ali Mohammad Najafi. Great Men of Arab Tribe and the Tribes * Ali Mohammad Najafi. Khamseh Tribes happenings * The history of Khamseh Arabs of Fars Ethnic groups in Iran Fars Province Iranian Arab people by location Tribes of Arabia