Dihaymawi

The Dihaymawi clan الدحيماوي descended from the Humyar trip which originated from the Kingdom of Humyar مملكة حمير in Yemen. The clan traveled from Yemen to Mecca after the destruction of Mareb Dam in Yemen. From Mecca they migrated to Ahwaz خوزستان, a land with fresh water. They then attacked and took the land by force from the Bani Kaab tribe بني كعب. The clan's name, Dihaymawi, means forced entry. Once they settled in Ahwas, they stopped using Humyar as a surname and adopted the surname Dihaymawi الدحيماوي.

The clan then founded a brotherhood with the El Abayat tribe, especially the Mutari clan. The Dihaymawiya allied with Sheik Khazel el Kaabi, ruler of Ahwaz خزعل الكعبي حاكم الأحواز العربية, against the British Army in 1921. Some of the clan crossed to Basra, Iraq and Kuwait after losing Ahwaz to Iran.

The clan uses the same red flag that the Humyar tribe uses in Yemen. The flag depicts a river and a large land holding in their name of Dihaymawiya. Most of the clan never inter-marries with other tribes with the exception of the Mutari clan. One other exception is that small families in Kuwait sometimes marry into other tribes.