Tribal formations in the Arabian Peninsula

Lancaster, William; Lancaster, Fidelity

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0471.1992.tb00035.x

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“…The concepts of kinship and segmentation are fundamental to an understanding of tribal society in Saudi Arabia (Lancaster & Lancaster, 1992). Farming with a relative appears to promote success, possibly because communication among tribal families is effective FIGURE 1.…”

Section: Land Uses: the Tribal Concept Of Spacementioning

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Land Use and Planning of Vernacular Landscape in the Highlands of the Southwest of Saudi Arabia

Saleh

1998

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

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The highlands forests of southwestern Saudi Arabia are characterised by effective ecological, visual and economic values, long before the development of national social, administratiyc and economic institutions. This is witnessed both in the past especially bcfore the establishment of a central state and in the meantime when local governments and individuals intcrvcncd by advocating and establishing consensus policies to regulatc human interaction with thc environment.Thc influence of the natural environment on the devclopmcnt of a socio-economic base is manifested in the way the tribal members allocate and distribute themselves in the arable lands and preserve natural resources especially natural forests. The influence of political fragmentation, of the Arabian peninsula in the pre-state era, can be seen in the land use and planning of vernacular landscape and espccially in terms of ethnic influence when the established physical demarcations denote landscapc fringes. Thc shortage in natural resources forced lineages to maintain their sensc of alliance, of cooperation, and corporateness for defense, food sharing and land use planning and management.After 1932, the unification of Saudi Arabia, the decision-making process changed to more centralized. This influenccd and establishcd ncw direction to the land usc and planning of the vernacular landscape. The investigation shows the need for ~nulti-levcl planning Mohammed Abdullah Eben Salch is aftiliatcd with the Dcparttnent of Archilecture and Building Sciences, Collcge of Architecture and Planning, King Saud Univc~siry, P.O.

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Land Use and Planning of Vernacular Landscape in the Highlands of the Southwest of Saudi Arabia

Saleh

1998

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

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“…about parent-child and sibling relations due to ignorance of individuals who died in infancy or early childhood. Such possibilities were judged to be relatively low in the subject population because each clan or sub-clan of Bedouins has maintained its traditional patrilineal kin system, involving many related and non-related agnatic lines, and has respected its social solidarity through an idiom of descents (Hourani, 1990;Lancaster and Lancaster, 1992;Nabulsi, 1995). Nevertheless, it is still possible that some childbirths accompanied by early deaths had not been remembered by the villagers.…”

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Extremely high fertility of a sedentarized Bedouin clan in south Jordan: a genealogical-demographic approach to long-term change

Sueyoshi

Ohtsuka

2008

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A Bedouin-origin clan with extremely high fertility in south Jordan sedentarized in a village in 1948. In this paper, based on our genealogical-demographic data collected from this clan, we elucidate the long-term demographic change that this clan has undergone. Our results highlight differences in fertility indicators among the early (1950-1969), middle (1970-1989), and late (1990)(1991)(1992)(1993)(1994)(1995)(1996)(1997)(1998)(1999)(2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004) periods. In particular, the total marital fertility rate (TMFR) was 4.756, 9.852, and 9.146, respectively, and the total fertility rate (TFR) was 3.589, 7.214, and 5.189, respectively. Taking age-specific indicators into account, the increase in TFR or TMFR from the early to the middle periods was attributable to increased rates of childbirth among middle-aged and older women, presumably associated with improvements in maternal nutrition and increased demand for children as agriculture labor, while the decrease in TFR from the middle to the late periods was caused by a delay in females' age at marriage and an increase in the number of unmarried females. The fertility of this clan has been high, especially in the late period, and it is estimated that its population will double by 2030, implying the urgent necessity to reduce fertility to prevent overpopulation that threatens the people's subsistence adaptation.

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“…Patrilateral cousin marriages were (Murphy and Kasdan,Vol. 42,(3)(4) Abbad Tribe 163 1959) and are the predominant mating form, whereby second-and thirddegree types are considered commoner than first-cousin marriage types (Mundy and Smith, 1990;Lancaster and Lancaster, 1992).…”

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“…At any tribal level, each unit is considered to be autonomous, so that the tribe can be understood to be "a definition of identity against other similar units of self definition" (Lancaster and Lancaster, 1992). According to some authors, Arab tribes represent loose structured political entities based on leadership (e.g., Helm, 1968;Khoury and Kostiner, 1990).…”

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Mating patterns of the Abbad tribe in Jordan

Nabulsi

1995

Social Biology

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The mating patterns of the Abbad tribe in Jordan are examined based on empirical data obtained from four male samples representing the different levels of the Abbad's substructure as well as on nonempirical information and pedigrees collected during field work. From the total matings in each sample, at least one-third were first-cousin marriages, and some 90 per cent were marriages within the Abbad. The estimated inbreeding coefficient (mean F = 0.018) was relatively high. Relatedness, geographic locality, maternal links, and the type of economy are suggested as the factors which influenced the mating behavior of the Abbad. The study also indicates the vital role of matings in the formation and make-up of the tribe. The Abbad tribe could be described as an endogamic population consisting of more or less inbreeding subunits.

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Tribal formations in the Arabian Peninsula

Cited by 46 publications

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Land Use and Planning of Vernacular Landscape in the Highlands of the Southwest of Saudi Arabia

Land Use and Planning of Vernacular Landscape in the Highlands of the Southwest of Saudi Arabia

Extremely high fertility of a sedentarized Bedouin clan in south Jordan: a genealogical-demographic approach to long-term change

Mating patterns of the Abbad tribe in Jordan

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