Back قبيلة المنتفق Arabic Banu l-Muntafik Catalan Al-Muntafiq EO Muntafiq French Al-Muntafiq Italian El-Muntafik Turkish
Al-Muntafiq Confederation Al-Muntafiq Emirate | |||||||||||||||||
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| 1530–1918 | |||||||||||||||||
 Flag of the Al-Muntafiq Confederation | |||||||||||||||||
 Map of Al-Muntafiq, a major rival of the Emirate of Diriyah and Sheikdom of Kuwait | |||||||||||||||||
| Capital | Basra (Ottoman suzerainty) Al-Shatrah (seat of power) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Religion | Islam (Majority) Christian Jewish Mandaeism | ||||||||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy, Confederation | ||||||||||||||||
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• 1530–1918 | Sadoon Family | ||||||||||||||||
| Historical era | Modern History | ||||||||||||||||
| 1530 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 November 1918 | |||||||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||||||
• Total | 260,000 km2 (100,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||||
| Currency | Ottoman lira | ||||||||||||||||
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| Today part of |  Iraq Saudi Arabia Kuwait Iran | ||||||||||||||||
Al-Muntafiq (Arabic: المنتفق) was a large Arab tribal confederation of southern Iraq and Kuwait. The confederation's tribes predominantly settled in Iraq's southern provinces and northern Kuwait. The confederation is not homogeneous in terms of sect/religion.[1] Centuries of intermarriage and intermingling created a mix of Sunni and Shia tribes. Therefore, a minority of individual tribes within the confederation is Sunni. Overall, it is almost impossible to delineate who is, and who is not part of the Muntafiq.
- ^ Thompson, Christiane. "Iranian Tentacles into Iraq". School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS). Archived from the original on 19 June 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2012.