Qadhadhfa

Qadhadhfa
القذاذفة
Husaynid Arab tribe
EthnicityArab
NisbaAl-Qadhafi (al-Gaddafi)
Descended fromShaykh Al-Wali Omar Amr Qadhadhf al-Dam ibn Saeed ibn Omar ibn Khalifa ibn Musa ibn Hilal
Branches
  • Al-Quhous
  • Al-Wumila
  • Al-Khtura
  • Al-Turshan
  • Awlad Amr
LanguageArabic
ReligionSunni Islam

The Qadhadhfa (also al-Qaddadfa, Gaddadfa, Qaddadfa, Gaddafa; Arabic: القذاذفـة, romanizedal-Qaḏāḏifa) is one of the Arab Ashraf tribes in Libya, living in the Sirte District in present-day northwestern Libya. They are traditionally counted amongst the country's Ashraf tribes, and during the Gaddafi regime were regarded as one of the greatest and most powerful tribes in the whole country. Much of the tribe is of Arab descent.They are now mostly centered at Qasr Abu Hadi, Sirte.