Shammar

Hommel & Hilprecht (Die Insel der Seligen) have identified the gateway through which Gilgamesh (the bright Day-God) had to make his way to the West: “the Twin Peaks” of Central Arabia, the mountain of Sunset, now called Jebel Shammar.

The light that draws the flower James Greer 2011

King Abdullah's mother was from the large and influential Shammar tribe, whose members live in modern-day Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia.

Syria's International Isolation Grows Nour Malas 2011

A blue-blooded lady born of a marriage between members of the Al-Rasheed and Shammar tribes - which makes her a relative of the current Saudi Arabian King Abdullah - she ruled the province of Ha'il from 1911 to 1914 as an administrator of her minor grandson's estate.

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi: Just a Century Ago, a Woman Ruled in the Gulf Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi 2011

He commands thousands of armed tribesmen in his Shammar tribe, a group that was on the brink of war with Kurdish forces in 2005.

Kurds Seize on Iraqi Crisis to Advance Bid for Oil, Land Sam Dagher 2012

His mother was from the powerful Shammar tribe that extends from Saudi territory deep into Iraq, Syria and Jordan, and before being named crown prince he had been head of the Saudi National Guard, a force made up of tribal levies from all over the country.

The Monarch Who Declared His Own Revolution 2009

Names that originated from the world are Adam from earth, Elah from oak, and Shammar from thorn.

Bible ��� All the Men of the 2008

Since June, Mr. Hassani, who claims to be one of the princes of the legendary Shammar tribe, which numbers nearly 7 million across the Arab world, says he has received at least $100,000 in cash and numerous perks from the US military and the Iraqi government.

The SURGE, Admit the surge, Respect the surge, finally... 2008

Al-Yawer is a prominent Sunni member of the Shammar tribe, which includes Shiite clans and is one of the largest tribes in the Persian Gulf region.

Archive 2005-02-01 membrain 2005

Al-Yawer is a prominent Sunni member of the Shammar tribe, which includes Shiite clans and is one of the largest tribes in the Persian Gulf region.

AWAITING THE RESULTS membrain 2005

Damascus, amongst the encampments of a Wahabi tribe called Shammar.

Travels in Nubia 2004