Al-Bayati Explained

Al-Bayati (Arabic: البياتي|al-Bayātī) is a surname. It is connected to the Iraqi al-Bayat tribe.

The ancestry and ethnicity of the al-Bayat tribe is contentious. The tribe's ancestry is often linked to the Oghuz Turkic Bayat tribe ^[1] and its ethnicity described as Iraqi Turkmen or Turkish.^{[2] [3] [4]} Other sources however describe it as an Arab tribe or mixed Arab and Kurdish tribe of the Tayy tribal confederacy. The deceased Sheikh Hussein Aloush was ethnically Turkmen.^[5] Members of the tribe generally speak Iraqi Arabic and Iraqi Turkmen.^[6]

Notable people

• Abbas al-Bayati, Iraqi Shiite politician
• Abd al-Wahhab Al-Bayati (1926–1999), Iraqi Arab poet
• Basil Al Bayati (1946), Iraqi architect
• Mohammed Mahdi al-Bayati (1962), Iraqi politician
• T. Hamid al Bayati, Iraqi diplomat, academic and author

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2019-05-28. مدينة سليمان بيك في محافظة صلاح الدين. 2021-12-26. اقرأ - السوق المفتوح. ar.
2. Book: Eroglu . Cengiz . Babucoglu . Murat . Ozdil . Orhan . Mosul in the Ottoman Vilâyet Salnâmes . 2012 . ORSAM . Ankara . 201 . 7 May 2024.
3. Web site: Doerfler . G. . BAYĀT . Iranica Online . 7 May 2024.
4. Book: Al-Hirmizi . Arshad . The Turkmen Reality in Iraq . 2005 . Kirkuk Foundation . Kirkuk . Turkmen: 157, 159, 164, 168, 169, 171, 172; Arabic: 164, 167; Kurdish: 167 . 7 May 2024.
5. News: Staff member . Turkmen tribal leader killed by suspected drone in Sulaimani’s Kifri . 7 May 2024 . Rûdaw . 31 March 2024.
6. Web site: معلومات هامة عن قبيلة البيات . 2024-04-12 . www.aliraqtimes.com.