Otaibah
| Otaiba عتيبة | |
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A picture of two men and their children from Otaibah, 1945 | |
| Ethnicity | Arabs |
| Nisba | Al-Otaibi/العتيبي |
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| Descended from | Otaiba bin Kaab bin Hawazin bin Saleh bin Shabab bin Abd al-Rahman bin Al-Haitham bin Al-Harith bin Abdullah bin Shajna bin Jaber bin Razam bin Nasirah bin Fasiya bin Nasr bin Saad bin Bakr bin Hawāzin bin Manṣūr bin ʿIkrima bin K̲h̲aṣafa bin Qays ʿAylān bin Mudir bin Nizar bin Ma'add bin Adnan |
| Parent tribe | Banu Sa'd bin Hawazin |
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| Language | Arabic |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
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The Otaibah (Arabic: عتيبة, romanized: ʿUtayba, also spelled Otaiba, Utaybah) is one of the biggest Arabian tribes originating in the Arabian Peninsula. Their distribution spans throughout Saudi Arabia, especially in Najd and Hejaz. and the Middle East. The Otaibah are descended from the Bedouin. They trace back to the Mudar family and belong to the Qays ʿAylān confederacy through its previous name, Hawazin.