| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 3,000,000[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Iraq | 2,000,000[1] |
| Languages | |
| Arabic | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
Dulaim (also rendered as Dulaimi, Al Duliam or Dulaym; Arabic: الدليم) is an Arab royal tribe, with over three million members. The tribe's history goes back to pre-Islamic times and members reside today in Iraq and neighboring countries such as Syria, Kuwait and Jordan.[2]
It is also spelled Dulaimi, Dulaym, and Dalaimy. Members of this tribe are commonly identifiable by the surnames of their own clans or by the name Al-Dulaimi. The hereditary leadership of the Dulaim tribe has been transferred between many various houses, the last well-known Prince of Dulaim was Abdulrazak Ali Suleiman who comes from the Albu Assaf clan.
And it is the largest tribe in Iraq, with more than seven million[citation needed] people.
- ^ a b Saif al-rawi / The Iraqi tribes (Arabic) / Page 54 / According to the government statistics in 2002
- ^ Hamad Al-Jassir, "Hizzan", Compendium of the Lineages of the Settled Families of Iraq, pt. II, p. 889 (Arabic)