Al-Zafir

Al-Zafir, or the Dhafeer, was a Bedouin Arab tribe of Tayy descent, associated with the Banu Lam. Its ancestral grazing grounds lay at al-Dhaghn, opposite Medina, with camps around the wells east of the city.

The tribe migrated through central Najd into northern Najd, southern Iraq and Kuwait. Its women and children also rode on raids, earning it the nickname People of Flowing Hair and Camel Caravans. In 1782 Dhafeer cavalry answered the House of Khalifa's call and fought at Zubarah against Zand Persian rule over Bahrain.