The Abu Mousa Al-Harbi Family

documented names

generations

homelands and burial sites

homelands

In remembrance

4 documented martyrs

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نبيل حماد محمود حماد سعيد عودة موسى سالم احمد موسى سلامة مسلم معاذ لطفي موسى سالم

⚭ marriages within the family

of 16 recorded

Marriages in which both partners descend from Zain al-Din al-Harbi — branches meeting again after generations apart.

People by gender

974

521 males

453 females

Most repeated names

Names borne by more than one person across the generations

محمد75
احمد44
موسى15
محمود14
عبد الرحمن13
فاطمة12
سالم11
سالمة11

People per generation

From Zain al-Din in the first generation to the most recent

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1
2
1
3
7
4
19
5
42
6
120
7
288
8
309
9
181
10
6

A family carried on the move three times, and not one name was lost. Keep what is in your hands — those who come after will ask you for it.

Five Homelands

A journey of two centuries, from the Hejaz steppe to the diaspora.

١The Hejaz — Lands of Bani Salimقبل ١٨١٠م · Between Mecca, Medina and YanbuThe family arose in the strip between the Red Sea and the Hejaz mountains, within one of the largest tribes of Arabia.

٢Egypt — Kafr Shubin, Qalyubia١٨١٠ – ١٨٤٠م · Near Shibin al-Qanatir, Nile DeltaZain al-Din al-Harbi left the Hejaz with his wife and young son Mousa, settling in a Delta village — the first stop on a journey that would span two centuries.

٣Palestine — Wadi al-Shallala and Beersheba١٨٤٠ – ١٩٤٨م · Northern NegevThe family moved east to the Beersheba steppe, settling on fertile farmland and entering the tribal wars that shaped the nineteenth-century Negev.

٤Khan Younis and the Diaspora١٩٤٨م – اليوم · Gaza, Jordan, EgyptUprooted from the Beersheba lands in 1948 — the third migration in the family's history — from which it scattered across several countries.

٥Jordan — Amman and Jerash١٩٦٧م – اليوم · TransjordanFrom Gaza the family branches extended east into Jordan, settling in Amman and Jerash, where generations now live who were born and raised there.

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