Hadharem

The Hadharem (Arabic: حضارم, romanized: ḥaḍārim) or the Hadhrami (Arabic: حضرمي, romanized: ḥaḍramī, singular) are an Arab sub-ethnic group indigenous to the Hadhramaut region in South Arabia, which is part of modern-day eastern Yemen. They speak Hadhrami Arabic. Among the two million inhabitants of Hadhramaut, there are about 1,300 distinct tribes.

Hadharem
الحضارم
A blue, white, and green flag with a red stripe on the left and a sidr tree in the middle
Flag proposed by the 'Hadhrami League' in May 2013 to represent Hadramout Region as part of the federalization of Yemen.
Hadhramout Region in Yemen
Regions with significant populations
Arabian Peninsula, East Africa, Southeast Asia Yemen (mainland)

 Saudi Arabia
 Oman
 Indonesia
 Malaysia
 Philippines
 Singapore
 Sudan
 Somalia
 Kenya
 Tanzania (Zanzibar)
 United States
 United Kingdom

 Somaliland (de facto)
Languages
L1: Hadhrami Arabic
L2: Swahili, Somali, Indonesian, Malay
Religion
Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
Arabs, other Afro-Asiatic people

Social hierarchy

As in other regions of Yemen, Hadhrami society is stratified into several groups. At the top of hierarchy are the religious elites or sayyids, who trace their descent to Muhammad. These are followed by the sheikhs and then the Bedouins: peasants who belong to tribes and who live mainly from agriculture and trading. Finally, at the bottom of the hierarchy are al-Muhamashīn "the Marginalized" (previously referred to as al-akhdam "the servants").

Language

The Hadharem speak Hadhrami Arabic, a dialect of Arabic, although Hadharem living in the diaspora that have acculturated mainly speak the local language of the region they live in.

Diaspora

Hadhrami immigrants in Surabaya (Indonesia), 1920
Hadhrami Arab neighborhood in Surabaya, 1880
Hadharem of Palembang, 22 February 1937

The Hadharem have a long seafaring and trading tradition that predates Semitic cultures. Hadramite influence was later overshadowed by the rise of the Sabaeans, who became the ruling class. This prompted Hadhrami seamen to emigrate in large numbers around the Indian Ocean basin, including the Horn of Africa, the Swahili Coast, the Malabar Coast, Hyderabad in South India, Sri Lanka, and Maritime Southeast Asia.[1]

Hadramis in the Arabian Gulf

Hadharami communities exist in western Yemen, the trading ports of the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, and on the coast of the Red Sea. The money changers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia have historically been of Hadhrami origin.[2]

Hadhrami East Africans

South Semitic Kingdom of Hadramawt in 400 BC

The Hadharem have long had a presence in the Horn of Africa (Djibouti, Ethiopia and Somalia), and also comprise a notable part of the Harari population. Hadhrami settlers were instrumental in helping to consolidate the Muslim community in the coastal Benadir province of Somalia, in particular.[3] During the colonial period, disgruntled Hadharem from the tribal wars settled in various Somali towns.[4] They were also frequently recruited into the armies of the Somali Sultanates.[5]

Some Hadhrami communities also reportedly exist in Mozambique, Comoros, and Madagascar.[6]

Hadhrami Jews

The vast majority of the Hadhrami Jews now live in Israel.[7]

List of Hadhrami Diaspora

Notable people

Yemen

  • Mohammed A. Al-Hadhrami, former Foreign Minister of the Republic of Yemen (2019-2020)
  • Waleed salam Bills wad Bin Hilabi
  • Abd Al-Rahman Ali Al-Jifri, politician
  • Abdulaziz Al-Saqqaf, human-rights activist
  • Faisal Bin Shamlan, politician
  • Habib Ali al-Jifri, Islamic scholar
  • Habib Umar bin Hafiz, Islamic scholar
  • Habib Abdullah bin Alwi al-Haddad, Sufi saint
  • Imam Muhammad al-Faqih Muqaddam, founder of Ba'alawi Sufi order
  • Sayyid Abu Bakr Al-Aidarus (saint)
  • Syed Alwi Jamalullail, wali

Swahili Coast

  • Awadh Saleh Sherman, Kenya, businessman
  • Najib Balala, Kenya, former Minister of Tourism
  • Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, former President of Comoros
  • Habib Salih, Lamu, Kenya, religious scholar
  • Khadija Abdalla Bajaber, Mombasa, Kenya, poet and novelist
  • Mohamed Saleh Bawazir, businessman and philanthropist
  • Taib Ali Bajaber, former Mayor of Mombasa
  • Bushra Mohamed, British-Kenyan, Architect, Academic & Writer

North Africa

  • Artega tribe, Babkeer, Sudan

Horn of Africa

Indonesia

  • Abdurrahman Baswedan, Journalist
  • Abdurrahman Shihab, Academic and Politician
  • Najwa Shihab, Journalist and tv presenter
  • Abu Bakar Bashir, founder of Jamaah Islamiyah
  • Ali Alatas, former Foreign Minister
  • Ahmad bin Abdullah Al Saqqaf, novelist and poet
  • Alwi Shihab, former Foreign Minister, special envoy to Middle East and OIC[11]
  • Anies Baswedan, scholar, former Education Minister, Governor of Jakarta (2017-2022)
  • Nadiem Anwar Makarim, Minister of Education and Culture
  • Fadel Muhammad al-Haddar, former Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
  • Fuad Hassan, Minister of Education and Culture
  • Hamid Algadri, a figure in Indonesian National Revolution and member of parliament
  • Sultan Hamid II, Pontianak Sultanate
  • Habib Abdoe'r Rahman Alzahier, religious leader
  • Habib Ali al-Habshi of Kwitang, religious leader
  • Habib Munzir Al-Musawa, Islamic cleric
  • Habib Rizieq Shihab, founder of FPI
  • Habib Usman bin Yahya, Mufti of Batavia
  • Jafar Umar Thalib, founder of Laskar Jihad
  • Sultan Badaruddin II, Sultan of Palembang
  • Munir Said Thalib Al-Kathiri, human rights activist
  • Nuruddin ar-Raniri, Islamic scholar
  • Quraish Shihab, Islamic scholar
  • Raden Saleh, Artist/painter
  • Said Naum, a philanthropist
  • Sayyid Abdullah Al-Aidarus, religious leader
  • Andi Soraya, Actress
  • Ahmad Albar, Musician

East Timor

Malaysia

Singapore

The Hadharem presence in Singapore came from encouragement of Stamford Raffles to trade in his newly established colony of Singapore.[12]

  • Alsagoff family
  • Syed Abdul Rahman Alsagoff, merchant
  • Syed Mohamed Alsagoff, military leader
  • Syed Sharif Omar bin Ali Al Junied, merchant and namesake of Aljunied Road[13]

South Asia

  • Ahmed Bin Abdullah Balala, politician
  • Ahmed Abdullah Masdoosi, activist and lawyer
  • Nuruddin ar-Raniri, Islamic scholar
  • Shah Jalal, Sufi saint
  • Shah Paran, Sufi saint
  • Subhani ba Yunus, actor
  • Syed Ahmed El Edroos, Army general
  • Shaik Salman Bin Abdul Jabbar Bawazeer, author
  • Sulaiman Areeb, poet
  • Awaz Sayeed, writer and poet

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

See also

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