Mutayr
| Mutayr مطير | |
|---|---|
| Qaysi Arab tribe | |
Ghonim bin Batah al-Mutayri, a knight and poet of the Mutayr tribe | |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Nisba | Al-Mutairi/Al-Mutayri (المطيري) |
| Location | Primarily Saudi Arabia, with branches in Kuwait and Iraq. |
| Parent tribe | Ghatafan |
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| Language | Arabic |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Mutayr (Arabic: مطير, romanized: Muṭayr) is an Arab Bedouin Sunni Muslim tribe with origins in the northern Hejaz near Medina, A large Arab tribe in the middle of the Arabian Peninsula, whose homes extend from the Hijaz to Najd and then to southern Iraq and Kuwait. The tribe also had a historical presence in the desert regions of southern Iraq, being a notable Sunni Arab tribe in the Shia-majority south although some branches migrated north to West Iraq. The settlement of Tall Mutayr in Nineveh is named after the tribe.