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Arabic شَمَّر (šammar)
Shammar pl (複数形 only)
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出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/05/05 13:46 UTC 版)
The tribe of Shammar (Arabic: شمّر Šammar) is one of the largest tribes of Arabia, with an estimated 1 million in Iraq, over 2.5 million in Saudi Arabia (concentrated in Hail), a Kuwaiti population (centered in Aljahra) of around 100,000, a Syrian popolution is thought to exceed 1 million and with an unknown number in Jordan. In its "golden age", around 1850, the tribe ruled much of central and northern Arabia from Riyadh to the frontiers of Syria and the vast area known as Al Jazira in Northern Iraq.