Hutaym

Hutaym was a derogatory name for marginal nomadic groups across Arabia, rather than a single tribe. Known in Arabic literature around 1200, the name covered groups around Khaybar and the Nafud, including branches of the Rashayida.

Dominant tribes refused to intermarry with people called Hutaym. Early sixteenth-century Ottoman tax registers listed them among five tribute-paying tribes in the sanjak of Gaza. By the early nineteenth century European travellers used the name for a low caste.