Howeitat
| Huwaytat الحويطات | |
|---|---|
| Hashemite Arab tribe | |
Sheikh Auda Abu Tayi and men of his tribe with a group of officers of the Arab Army in 1916. | |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Location | Hejaz, southern Jordan, The Negev, Sinai, Sharqia |
| Parent tribe | Banu Hashim |
| Language | Arabic (Northwest Arabian dialect) |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
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1838 map of the Red Sea region; the Howeitat are marked with a red arrow in the north section, to the east of the Gulf of Aqaba.
The Howeitat or Huwaitat (Arabic: الحويطات al-Ḥuwayṭāt, Northwest Arabian dialect: ál-Ḥwēṭāt) are a large Hashemite tribe that inhabits areas of present-day southern Jordan, the Sinai Peninsula and Sharqia governate in Egypt, the Negev, and northwestern Saudi Arabia. The Howeitat have several branches, notably the Ibn Jazi, the Abu Tayi, the Anjaddat, and the Sulaymanniyin, in addition to a number of associated tribes.