Qadhadhfa
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The Qadhadhfa (also al-Qaddadfa, Gaddadfa, Qaddadfa, Gaddafa; ) is one of the Arab Ashraf tribes in Libya, living in the Sirte District in present-day northwestern Libya. They are traditionally counted amongst the country's Ashraf tribes, and during the Gaddafi regime were regarded as one of the greatest and most powerful tribes in the whole country. Much of the tribe is of Arab descent.They are now mostly centered at Qasr Abu Hadi, Sirte.
Key facts
- Tribe.name
- Qadhadhfaالقذاذفة
- Tribe.type
- Husaynid Arab tribe
- Tribe.ethnicity
- Arab
- Tribe.nisba
- Al-Qadhafi (al-Gaddafi)
- Tribe.descended
- Shaykh Al-Wali Omar Amr Qadhadhf al-Dam ibn Saeed ibn Omar ibn Khalifa ibn Musa ibn Hilal
- Tribe.branches
- Al-Quhous Al-Wumila Al-Khtura Al-Turshan Awlad Amr
- Tribe.language
- Arabic
- Tribe.religion
- Sunni Islam
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The Qadhadhfa (also al-Qaddadfa, Gaddadfa, Qaddadfa, Gaddafa; ) is one of the Arab Ashraf tribes in Libya, living in the Sirte District in present-day northwestern Libya. They are traditionally counted amongst the country's Ashraf tribes, and during the Gaddafi regime were regarded as one of the greatest and most powerful tribes in the whole country. Much of the tribe is of Arab descent.They are now mostly centered at Qasr Abu Hadi, Sirte.
==History== The progenitor of the Banu Qadhadhfa was Amr Qadhadhf al-Dam (عمرو قذاف الدم), who claimed to be a descendant of Musa al-Kadhim.
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