- Badr was also home to the
Bashaghirah (also Bechargas), a
faction of the
Matawira tribal confederation originally from the
village of Bashraghi,
which took...
-
historic home of the
Bashaghira (also Bechargas) tribe, a
faction of the
Matawira confederation which took a
leading part in the
Alawite Revolt against French...
- of the
village and the
subdistrict are Alawites,
predominantly from the
Matawira tribal confederation. "General
Census of Po****tion 2004" (in Arabic)....
- confederations, into
which the
Alawite community is divided, the
others being the
Matawira, Haddadin, and Khayyatin. The
Kalbiyya were
estimated in 2011 to number...
- Duba was born to a
small landowning family from the
Alawite tribe of
Matawira, in the
village of
Qurfays in the
Jableh District south of Latakia. He...
- of the main
tribal lineages among Alawites including the Haddadiya, the
Matawira, the
Muhalaba and the Numaylatiyya. Two of the main
shrines in Abu Qubays...
-
Duraykish was
chosen as the
headquarters of Isma'il Bey, a
chief of the
Matawira, an
Alawite tribal confederation, when he
established control over the...