Bedouin Tribes of the Karak Region

Eveline J. van der Steen

Outline

1. Introduction: early history of Karak

   1. Tribal organization in southern Transjordan:

   2. Tribal organization of the Karak Plateau

      1. Beni Okba

      2. Beni Hareta

      3. Uhedat

      4. Beni Amr

2. Tribal organization of Karak

   1. The Majali

   2. Diab Ibn Qaisum’s struggle for Karak

3. The expulsion of Beni Amr

   1. Struggle between the Qaisum and the Hameide

   2. The takeover of the Ibn Tebet

   3. Expulsion of the Ibn Tebet

4. End of the independence of Karak

   1. Ibrahim Pasha

   2. Takeover of the Ottomans