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Khafaja or Khafajah (Arabic: خفاجة, also known as Al-Khafaji and Khafaji) is one of the major Arab tribes (especially in Iraq and Egypt) as well Saudi Arabia, Syria and Jordan .

See also

• Ibn Khafaja
• Shihab al-Din al-Khafaji
• Khafajah
• Khafajiyeh
• Banu Uqayl

References

1. Encyclopaedic Ethnography of Middle-East and Central Asia-edited by R. Khanam; the oldest Middle Eastern Tribe, Khafaja can be traced back to the inhabitants of the city of Khafaja in Ancient Sumeria ; where the Temple of Khafaja continues to be known as the best "oval temple" shape of ancient Sumeria. this temple community regulated the affairs of the social community. (See : Imagining Babylon: The Modern Story of an Ancient City By Mario Liverani)

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These prefixes ignored in the alphabetical ordering: Al, Al-Bu, Albu, Banu.
Al Ali Al-Ali (Iraq) Banu Asad Al-Baggara Al-Bu Badri Al-Dhafeer Dhanyal Dulaim Albu Nimr Al-Duraji Jubur Khafaja Banu Lam Al-Mazeedi Al-Muntafiq Al-Bu Nasir Al-Bejat Al-Rahabi Shammar Albu Salih Talafha Banu Tamim Al-Ubaid Al Uqaydat Al-Zawalim Zubaid
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