Subay' are a Sunni Muslim

Muslim

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 tribe of central Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

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. The tribe is of North Arabian

North Arabian

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 (Adnanite) stock, and traces its lineage to the large, ancient tribe of Banu 'Amir

Banu 'Amir

Banu 'Amir ibn Sa'sa'ah or Banu 'Amir were a large and ancient Arab tribal confederation originating from central and southwestern Arabia that dominated Nejd for centuries after the rise of Islam. The tribe is of North Arabian stock, tracing its lineage to Adnan through Hawazin, and its original...

, also known as 'Amir ibn Sa'sa'a, who came to dominate Nejd in the medieval period.

At the turn of the 20th century the tribe comprised both nomadic (bedouin

Bedouin

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) and sedentary sections. The original grazing lands of the tribe's bedouins had been the region of Ranyah and Kurmah, on the border between Nejd and 'Asir. The tribe ended up roaming the areas of central Nejd around Riyadh

Riyadh

Riyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of Riyadh Province, and belongs to the historical regions of Najd and Al-Yamama. It is situated in the center of the Arabian Peninsula on a large plateau, and is home to 5,254,560 people, and the urban center of a...

, along with the closely related tribe of the Suhool

Suhool

The Suhool are an Arab tribe of the region of Nejd in central Saudi Arabia. They are descendants of the larger tribe of Banu 'Amir, also known as 'Amir ibn Sa'sa'a, and are considered the cousins of Subay'....

. Some sections, though, moved further north, where they later established the town of Rumah

Rumah

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, and members of the tribe have also settled in Kuwait

Kuwait

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.

The sedentary members of the tribe, on the other hand, have mostly resided in Nejd for centuries, a possible legacy of Banu 'Amir's heyday. Families that belong to Subay' can be found in practically every town in the region, making up a disproportianate amount of Nejd's traditional sedentary population.

Like most other tribes in the country, most of Subay's bedouins are now themselves settled in cities such as Riyadh and Dammam

Dammam

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, though they are often distinguishable from their sedentary cousins by their use of the tribal appellation "Al-Subayee" as their last name.

The tribe was traditionally loyal to the Saudi dynasty

House of Saud

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 in the period leading up to the establishment of modern-day Saudi Arabia

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.

Ancestry

Subay' Are An Adnanite tribe who are the offsprings of :

Subay' ibn

IBN

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 J'adah ibn Ka'ab ibn Rabi'ah ibn Amir ibn Sa'sa'a ibn Mo'awiyah ibn Bakr ibn Hawazin bin Mansour bin Ekrama bin Khafsa bin Qais Ailan ibn Madher

Mudhar

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 ibn Nazar

Nazar

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 ibn Ma'ad ibn Adnan

Adnan

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 ibn Add ibn Send ibn Napyot

Nebaioth

Nebaioth is mentioned at least five times in the Hebrew Bible according to which he was the firstborn son of Ishmael, and the name appears as the name of one of the wilderness tribes mentioned in the Book of Genesis 25:13, and in the Book of Isaiah 60:7.-Biblical occurrences:In the Book of...

  ibn Ishmael

Ishmael

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ibn Abraham

Abraham

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  ibn Azar

Azar

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  (Terah) ibn Nahoor

Nahor

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  ibn Srooj

Serug

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  ibn Ra'o

Reu

Reu or Ragau in Genesis was the son of Peleg and the father of Serug, thus being Abraham's great-great-grandfather.He was 32 when Serug was born and lived to the age of 239 , according to the Masoretic text...

  ibn Phaleg

Peleg

__notoc__Peleg is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of the two sons of Eber, an ancestor of the Israelites, according to the "Table of Nations" in and . Peleg's son was Reu, born when Peleg was thirty, and he had other sons and daughters. According to the Hebrew Bible, Peleg lived to the age...

  ibn Aber

Eber

Eber is an ancestor of the Israelites, according to the "Table of Nations" in and . He was a great-grandson of Noah's son Shem and the father of Peleg born when Eber was 34 years old, and of Joktan. He was the son of Shelah a distant ancestor of Abraham...

  ibn Shaleh  ibn Arpheckshad

Arpachshad

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  ibn Sam

Shem

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  ibn Noah

Noah

Noah was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the tenth and last of the antediluvian Patriarchs. The biblical story of Noah is contained in chapters 6–9 of the book of Genesis, where he saves his family and representatives of all animals from the flood by constructing an ark...

 ibn Lamek

Lamech

Lamech is a character in the genealogies of Adam in the Book of Genesis. He is the sixth generation descendant of Cain ; his father was named Methusael, and he was responsible for the "Song of the Sword." He is also noted as the first polygamist mentioned in the Bible, taking two wives, Ada and...

  ibn Motoshaleh

Methuselah

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 ibn Edres

Enoch (ancestor of Noah)

Enoch is a figure in the Generations of Adam. Enoch is described as Adam's greatx4 grandson , the son of Jared, the father of Methuselah, and the great-grandfather of Noah...

 (Enoch) ibn Yared

Jared (ancestor of Noah)

Jared, or Jered, in Judeo-Christian religious belief was a fifth-generation descendant of Adam and Eve.- Tradition :...

 ibn Mehlaiel

Mahalalel

Mahalalel, Mahalaleel, or Mihlaiel Hebrew מהללאל was a patriarch named in the Hebrew Bible.- Family :Mahalalel was a son of Kenan, son of Enos, son of Seth, son of Adam in the Old Testament of the Bible...

 ibn Qenan

Kenan

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 ibn Anosh ibn Sheeth ibn Adam