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., Tribe Principal Locations
Qumuq Amman
Quisha Jerash
Shapsugh Amman, Wadi Seir
and Naur
Notes
Considered part
of Kabardey
Small tribe
One of three
major tribes
in Jordan,
live in separate
enclaves from
other
Circassians
For purposes of clarity the Circassian tribal situation
in Jordan can be simplified even further without doing a
great deal of harm to detail. The majority of Circassians in
Jordan to date are either members of, or associated with one
of the three major tribes, the Kabardey, principally residing
in Amman, Jerash, Suweilih and recently in Zarqa, the Bzedough,
in Naur, Wadi Seir and also recently in Zarqa and the Shapsugh
in Wadi Seir, Amman and Naur. The reason for many of the
Circassians residing in Zarqa is the presence of the major
Army facilities there, a fact which will be explored later
in this thesis. The only exception to this is the Quisha
tribe whom, although quite small, have retained their
separation from the three major tribes.
The character of the Circassian settlements was quite
different from that of Arab agricultural settlements
further west in Palestine. The Circassians brought with them
numerous technological and cultural differences. Miss
Hacker provides the following picture of the early
settlement in Amman:
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