Al Kathiri

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The Al Kathiri (Arabic: الكثيري) is an Arab tribe based in the south of the Arabian Peninsula. It is one of the largest tribes of Banu Quda'a who have alliance with Banu Hamdan of Hadramawt in eastern Yemen and Oman, with populations in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, and East African countries such as Somalia, Kenya, and Tanzania as well as Iran mainly concentrated in the most Arabic populated province of the country Khuzestan. There are two tribes of Al Kathiri, one that allied with Banu Hamdan, and one that is allied with Banu Lam, which is descended from Tayy tribe. Genetic studies of haplogroup J1 L222.2 suggest that tribes from Quda'ah, including Al Kathiri, are more closely aligned with the Adnanites, challenging earlier claims of Qahtanite origins that arose during the early Islamic period.