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Dawasir Tribe

Arabia

The Dawasir Tribe
Flags used by the Dawasir Tribe

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The Dawasir Tribe

The Dawasir tribe originates from the Wadi Al-Dawasir in southern Nejd (now in Riyadh Province, central Saudi Arabia). Today, they are spread across Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the Emirates and Kuwait. Estimated population is ~ 6 million, making them one of the largest Arab tribes.

The Dawasir (also called Dawassir, Dossary, Dosery, Al-Dawasir, etc.) are Qahtanite (southern) Arabs of the Sabaean branch. They were historically influential, especially in Saudi Arabia, where they are connected to the House of Saud through intermarriage. In the 1920s, they played key roles in founding cities like Dammam and Khobar in the eastern province of Hasa (now Sharqiyah).

Their identity is deeply tied to tribal solidarity, landownership and historical prestige, especially through the powerful Sudairi subtribe. /p>

Jean-Marc Merklin, 13 September 2025

Flags used by the Dawasir Tribe

The tribe has a distinct flag, red with the name of the tribe "Dawasir" written in white or yellow.
There is also a flag with their (unofficial but widely adopted) tribal number 502 that is used by youth of Saudi Arabia.

Links:
https://honasaudi.net/4199
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawasir

Jean-Marc Merklin, 13 September 2025

I have found several variants:

image by Jean-Marc Merklin, 13 September 2025
based on photo

It is written "l-Dwsr" on the flag, that's to say "Al-Dawasir" without diacritic.
Jean-Marc Merklin, 14 September 2025

This flag shows "الدواسر" — which is alif-lam-dal-waw-alif-sin-ra.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 15 September 2025

image by Jean-Marc Merklin, 13 September 2025

Flag with the tribal number

image by Jean-Marc Merklin, 13 September 2025

Dawasir flag and logo of the Badarin subtribe near Riyadh

image by Jean-Marc Merklin, 13 September 2025