List of Ashraf tribes in Libya

List of Libyan Ashraf tribes

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• Al-Zayadeen (الزيادين) – Descendants of Sidi Zaydan and Sidi Ahmed of the Moroccan Alaouites.
• Al-Mazawgha (المزاوغة) – Descendants of Sidi Amer Al-Mezoghi (based in the Sidi Amer Zawiya in Susah, Tunis); He is considered the progenitor of the tribe in Libya and Tunisia.
• Al-Ghrariyun (الغراريون) – Descendants of Sidi Salem.
• Awlad Slayman (أولاد سليمان) – Descendants of the Seven Fawatir.
• Gumata (قماطه) – Descendants of Muslim.
• Al-Awasij (العواسج) – Descendants of Sidi Bou-Hmayra.
• Shurafa Waddan (شرفاء ودان) – Descendants of Sidi Kolan.
• Qadhadhfa (القذاذفة) – Descendants of Sidi Mousa.
• Al-Hmaydat and Al-S'afaat (الحميدات والسعفات) – Descendants of Sidi Bou-Hmayda Al-Seqfi.
• Al-'Ajaylat (العجيلات) – Descendants of Sidi Mohammed Harakat.
• Al-Taboul (الطبول) – Descendants of Sidi Mohammed Abi Tabl.
• Al-Serara (السرارة) – Descendants of Sidi Ibrahim Ben-Sarar.
• Ashrāf Tribe Sidi Aburad Buzedion {البوزيديون}
• Ashrāf Tribe Sidi Abdel Rahman Alepeshty Olobashat {لأبشات}
• Ashrāf Tribe Sidi spears Al-rmohh {الرمحة}
• Ashrāf Tribe Sidi Ahmed Al Murr Ghani Alemragna {المراغنة}
• Ashrāf Tribe Sidi Mohammed Faqih Al-Fuqhah {الفقهاء}
• Ashrāf Tribe Sidi Sayeh Al-Sayāh Alawneh {سياح العلاونة}
• Ashrāf Tribe Sidi Abu Salaamah Salamat Begrean {السلامات بغريان}
• Ashrāf Tribe Sidi Faraj Bin Hamdan Al Furjan {الفرجان}
• Ashrāf Tribe of Sidi al-Qutb Abdullah al-Khattabi (الخطاطبة العمرانيون)
• Ashrāf Tribe of Sidi ‘Amāra Al-DawadÄ« (Zawiya)
• Ashrāf Tribe of Sidi Hamid al-Hudayri (al-Hadirāt).
• Ashrāf Tribe of al-Fawākhir.
• Ashrāf Tribe of Abdel Wahid al-Dukāli (Msallata).
• Ashrāf Tribe of Sidi Banu Layth (Bani Nile and Bani Ahmed) and also (al-Hawawasa, Fasiun and al-Suwadinia).
• Ashrāf Tribe of al-Mushāshi: descendants of Moulay Abdel-Salam Meshish. The sub-branches include:
• [A] Awlad Sidi Haji Abdul Salam bin Hassan bin Omar Mashini (tribe of al-Haboun)
• [B] Awlad Al-Sharif Al-Haaj Fakhruddin Yahya ibn Nabeul (tribe of Al-Barash)
• [C] Awlad Mismar ibn Abdel Mawlā (tribe of al-Masamir)
• [D] Awlad Sidi Haji Mohammad Abdul Nabi al-Asfar, nicknamed Klim al-Tair and Abu Seif (ancestor of Awlad Abu Yusuf)
• [E] Awlad Sidi al-Makashif Abdul Rahman, nicknamed Aldrai (ancestor of the Mushasha tribe).
• [F] Awlad Sidi Mohamed al-Messaoudi al-SehdÄ« al-Yahyaoui: ancestor of Awlad as-Saydi and al-Masoudi on the coast of Tripoli.
• Ashrāf tribe of Sidi Abdel Rahman Abu Zubaydah, a descendant of Abdul Qadir Gilani, ancestor of the Zubaydat tribe, the Zirqan of Tarhuna, Krabooli and Yafran.
• Ashrāf tribe of Siy’ān {Awlad Sidi Muhammad Abu Issa’}: based in Sbiba, west of Kairouan. Progenitor of the tribe, brother of Sidi Salam Abu Gharra, progenitor of the al-Gharara tribe in Medenine and Gabés.

• Ashrāf tribe of Qutb Sidi Ibrahim al-Mahjoub (Zawiya of al-Mahjoub), ancestor of the Mahajib tribe in Misrata and Sorman.
• Ashrāf Azwaip tribe Brakna.
• Ashrāf tribes of al-Barakinah, al-Muqarana and al-Ziyayinah all share a common ancestor, Sidi Ahmed al-Burkan: based in the Kabylie region of Algeria and Mali.
• Banu Issa (Western Libya): includes Amour and the Dawada ethnic group in southern Libya, as well as the Farjan tribes of Sidi Faraj ibn Hamdan.
• Ashrāf tribe of Al-Tayira, they are Awlad Sidi Abdul Karim: located in Sabratha and Sorman, Menzel Chaker and Oran, Algeria, as well as the Awlad Suleiman al-Tayar in southern Libya.
• Ashrāf tribe of Al-Humāmala: descendants of Sheikh Sidi Muammar, based in Tarhuna and Sidi Ibn Hamāl, based in Sirte.
• Al-Ja’afra tribe who claim descent from Jafar, who hails from Awlad Moulay Abdullah bin Idris and reside in Garyan, Al-Baran and Tripoli.
• Ashrāf tribe of Sidi Moulay Cherif guardian Abu Kassim Abu Shusha: based in Ziltan and they belong to the tribe of Awlad Khuwaylid Balnsfir are descendants of Moulay Abdullah ibn Idris.
• Ashrāf tribe of Bani Badr, descended from Sidi Mohamed Ben Ali who is buried in Ghadames.
• Ashrāf tribe of Oulad al-Sharif, Sidi Ali al-Tishani in Tajura on the coast of Tripoli (al-Tashashna).

• Ashrāf tribe of Moulay Sidi Sheikh Abdul Karim Nafati.
• Ashrāf tribe of al-Mnaffa, they reside in Butnan, Tobruk, and the Western Sahara (Egypt). Clan of Sheikh Omar Mukhtar.
• Ashrāf tribe of Almhachc in Jebel Akhdar and Butnan.
• Ashrāf tribe of Sidi Abu Roik in Jebel Akhdar.
• Awlad Sidi Wazzani in Tobruk.
• Ashrāf tribe of Moulay al-Qasim ibn Moulay Idriss: they reside in Darna, having settled there in the middle of the 12th century.
• Ashrāf tribe of Al-Mātiik, they are Zawah, Al-Fassi, Awlad Annan, Awlad Zakaria, Awlad Aoun and Awlad Abad: based in western Libya.
• Ashrāf tribe of al-Mukhalif founded by Sidi Abdallah Abu Gleida, based in Tataouine.
• Ashrāf tribe of al-Makhayif founded by Sidi Makhlouf, reside in Marith, Gabes, and Sorman.
• Ashrāf tribe of An-Na’meon founded by Sharif Ali bin Na’āma: they are sons of Abdul Nabi Al-Frujan Awlad Ali.

• Ashrāf tribe of Al-na’āsa, descendants of Abdel Rahman al-Na’as: reside in Tajura, Tarhuna and Tripoli.
• Ashrāf tribe of Shaqārina descendants of Mohamed Abu Dabbous in Gharyan.
• Ashrāf tribe of Alamarion descendants of Ali al-Amari (Gasr Akhyar).
• Ashrāf tribe of Shabab of Ghayran, Rahiban, Ifrane and Fassato descendants of Mohamed Ben Salem, based in baldat al-JÅ«sh, Libya.
• Ashrāf tribe of ar-Rajban, descendants of Sidi Ahmed al-Rajban: based in the town of Ar-Rajban.
• Tribe of al-Shida and Awlad Sidi Youssef of Zawiya, Al Maya and Tuwaybiyah: descendants of Sidi Mahfouz ibn Sidi Abbas al-Mulilā al-Maghribi.
• Ashrāf tribe of Sidi Abu SaÄ«d descendants of Sidi Ahmed AbÄ« al-Afrān, based in Al Maya.
• Ashrāf tribe of Sidi Najm, based east of Benghazi.
• Ashrāf tribe of Aljdua, descendants of Sharif Sidi Youssef Al-Jarani from Msallata.
• Ashrāf tribe of Awassi of Tarhuna: founded by Sharif Abdel Mawla ibn Isa.
• Ashrāf tribe of Al-KawanÄ«n (Kenounis) descendants of Sidi Ibrahim Al-Sharaf: Tarhuna and Tripoli.

See also

• Asharaf or Ashraf, Somali clan claiming descent from the Prophet, through Fatimah
• Sharif, on the wider use of the term

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