Mutayr

Mutayr
مطير
Qaysi Arab tribe
Ghonim bin Batah al-Mutayri, a knight and poet of the Mutayr tribe
EthnicityArab
NisbaAl-Mutairi/Al-Mutayri (المطيري)
LocationSaudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Morocco,and all arabian peninsula countries Tunisia
Parent tribeGhatafan
Branches
  • Abdullah
  • Al-'Ulwa
  • Braih
LanguageArabic
ReligionIslam

Mutayr (Arabic: مطير, romanized: Muṭayr) is an Arab tribe with origins in the northern Hejaz near Medina, in present day Saudi Arabia. The tribe mainly inhabits Saudi Arabia (Najd), Kuwait, Iraq, and the United Arab Emirates. They have also settled in Morocco and Tunisia.