Al-Uqaydat

{{Short description|Arab tribe in Syria and Iraq}}

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| name = Uqaydat

| local name = الْعُقَيْدَات

| type = Adnan Arab tribe

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| ethnicity = Arab

| nisba = al-Uqaydati

| location = *{{flagcountry|Iraq}}

• {{flagcountry|Syria}}

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| parent_tribe = Zubaid

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| language = Arabic

| religion = Islam

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Al-Uqaydat ({{langx|ar|الْعُقَيْدَات|al-ʿUqaydāt}}) is a large Arab tribe which straddles Syria's eastern border with Iraq. It is the largest tribe in the Deir ez-Zor province and according to Max von Oppenheim, it is the largest tribe in all of Mesopotamia.{{Cite book|last=الفردوس عظم|first=محمود|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H80tAQAAIAAJ&q=%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AA+%D9%82%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A9+%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A8%D8%B1+%D9%82%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A9|title=القبائل العربية في بلاد الشام: ابتداء من الجاهلية وحتى هذا الزمان|year=2005|publisher=مكتبة اليقظة العربية|language=ar}} Members of the tribe can be found on both sides of the Iraqi-Syrian border.

Uqaydat tribe is descended from the tribe of Zubaid.{{Cite book|last=العامة|first=Jordan دائرة الآثار|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JdxduHucW0YC&q=%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AA+%D9%82%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A9|title=حولية دائرة الآثار العامة|date=1966|publisher=Department of Antiquities, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan|language=en|page=19}}