Murad (tribe)

The Murad are an Arab tribe of eastern Yemen.^[1]The tribe belong to the great southern group of the Madhhidj.^[2] Several Islamic scholars have cited the name Murad as a nickname and that their own name for themselves are the Yuhabir.^[2] They are described as retaining a typically Beduin character and their territory called al-Djawf, placed to the east of Nadjran and Ma'rib.^[2]

References

1. ^ Peterson, John (1982). Yemen, the search for a modern state. Croom Helm. p. 81. ISBN 978-0-7099-2003-8. http://books.google.com/books?id=r50OAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA81. Retrieved 4 October 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} Houtsma, M. Th (1993). First encyclopaedia of Islam: 1913-1936. BRILL. p. 726. ISBN 978-90-04-09796-4. http://books.google.com/books?id=fWNpIGNFz0IC&pg=PA726. Retrieved 4 October 2011.