Topic summary
Qadhadhfa
Affiliations
Military
Leadership
- Libyan Arab Republic
- Federation of Arab Republics
- Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
- 1970 expulsion of Italians from Libya
- 1973 oil crisis
- Cultural Revolution
- Weapons of mass destruction
- West Berlin discotheque bombing
- Lockerbie bombing
- UTA Flight 772
- Support for rebel and paramilitary groups
- International trips
Elections and referendums
The Qadhadhfa (also al-Qaddadfa, Gaddadfa, Qaddadfa, Gaddafa; Arabic: القذاذفـة, romanized: al-Qaḏāḏifa) is one of the ArabAshraf tribes in Libya, living in the Sirte District in present-day northwestern Libya. They are traditionally counted amongst the country's Ashraf tribes, and during the Gaddafi regime were regarded as one of the greatest and most powerful tribes in the whole country. Much of the tribe is of Arab descent.They are now mostly centered at Qasr Abu Hadi, Sirte.