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in order to use them as part of their local administrative control and tax collection structure. The Kalbiyya's emergence as a recognised group may therefore be linked to this Ottoman policy. Nevertheless, there were a number of Kalbiyya rebellions during the 16th century, and by the beginning of the
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The Kalbiyya consists of five branches: Rashawneh, Junaydi, al-Nawasireh, al-Jurud, and al-Qarahilah. Each branch of an Alawite tribe has its own hereditary chief, a structure which leads to frequent internal disputes within Alawite society. The Junayd family typically provide the leadership of the
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state. The Kalbiyya leadership was similarly divided and through the 1920s and 1930s individual chiefs shifted between separatism and the nationalist/unionist position depending on prevailing opinions within the tribe. Nevertheless, in the negotiations leading to the Alawite State joining the
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points out, in practice "active participation" in the Assad regime was limited to the Kalbiyya. Additionally, there is evidence that the Kalbiyya areas received much greater infrastructure investment and other economic benefits compared to other Alawite areas.
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The Kalbiyya were estimated in 2011 to number approximately 480,000 out of a population of 3 million Alawites in Syria. At that time the total Syrian population was around 22 million. The main areas of Kalbiyya settlement are the districts of
229:. Historically, the Alawites lived in about eighty villages in the region. The Kalbiyya are one of the four tribes, or tribal confederations, into which the Alawite community is divided, the others being the Matawira, Haddadin, and Khayyatin. 314:, notes that, despite this, they may have existed as a grouping before the 16th century (but without any "special role" among the Alawites). He also speculates that their name "may originally have invoked a link" with the medieval 1418: 413:
The Alawite community was divided between "separatists" who supported the maintenance of a separate Alawite state and "nationalists" or "unionists", who advocated integration into a wider Syrian or even
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There are no known references to the Kalbiyya in medieval sources. They are not, for instance, mentioned among the tribes led by the 13th century Alawite paramount leader
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in north west Syria. They are the most geographically compact of the Alawite tribes, the others being more dispersed in non-contiguous areas across the coastal region.
172:. Assad ruled Syria as dictator for 30 years and ensured that power was concentrated in the hands of members of the Kalbiyya tribe, a policy which his son, 1460: 471:. The latter continued to rule through the same power structures as his father, with the Kalbiyya playing a central role. With the advent of the 1395: 435:, later president of Syria. It should, however, be noted that historian Stefan Winter has questioned the authenticity of these letters. 1148: 1018: 1062: 1235: 1023:
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19th century, the Kalbiyya had a reputation for lawlessness and were in constant and open conflict with the Ottoman authorities.
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and Hafez Al-Assad. Assad was from the Kalbiyya tribe, Umran from the Khayyatin, and Jadid from the Haddadin. Following
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in 1936, even nationalist Kalbiyya chiefs signed letters asking for separation from Syria to be maintained for fear of
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Syria became independent in 1946 but suffered from political instability in its first years and, in 1963, the
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There is evidence that, following the conquest, the Kalbiyya were among the tribes favoured by the
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This article is about the Alawite clan of modern Syria. For the early medieval Arabian tribe, see
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The Kalbiyya are a tribe, or tribal confederation, of the Alawite community of northwestern
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domination. One of the Kalbiyya leaders whose signature appears on one of the letters was
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in the early 16th century that the Kalbiyya are mentioned in historical records.
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Following the end of Ottoman rule after World War I, Syria became part of the
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Assad, following his death in 2000, was succeeded as president by his son,
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overthrew the then government. The coup was led by three Alawites:
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is one of four tribes, or tribal confederations, of the
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coastal region, inland of the Mediterranean ports of
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Index

Banu Kalb

Arab
Nusayri mountains region
Levantine Arabic
Alawite dialect
Alawite
Arabic
Alawite
Syria
Hafez al-Assad
seized power in Syria in a coup in 1970
Bashar Al-Assad
Latakia Governorate
Alawites
Syria
mystical
syncretic
Twelver
Shia Islam
Nusayri mountains
Latakia
Tartus

Nusayri mountains
Qardaha
Jableh
Haffa
Latakia
Qardaha

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