Dulaim

Dulaim (also rendered as Dulaimi, Al Duliam, Dlaymi, Duliamy or Dulaym; Arabic: الدليم) is an Arab royal tribe belonging to the Zubaid branch of the Madhhaj confederation. It is mainly based in Iraq, with two to four million members. The tribe's history goes back to pre-Islamic times and members reside today in Iraq and neighboring countries such as Syria, Kuwait and Jordan. It is also spelled Dulaimi, Dulaym, Dielmi, Dlaymi and Dalaimy. Members of this tribe are commonly identifiable by the surnames of their own clans or by the name Al-Dulaimi. The hereditary leadership of the Dulaim tribe has been transferred between many various houses, the last well-known Prince of Dulaim was Abdulrazak Ali Suleiman who comes from the Albu-Assaf clan.