Bahrain

The Dawasir migrated to Bahrain in 1845 from Zakhnuniya Island, south of Uqair^[3] and mainly settled in and around Zallaq and Budaiya. American author Yitzhak Nakash, a prominent expert on the history of Shiism,^[4] described the tribe in his book Reaching for Power: The Shi'a in the Modern Arab World as being the "second largest and most powerful tribe after the Utub [in Bahrain]. So powerful were the Dawasir that their members recognized Sheikh 'Isa Al Khalifa as ruler in name only and considered themselves immune from taxation." Members of the tribe worked in the pearl industry and opposed the overthrow of Sheikh Isa ibn Ali Al Khalifa. Virtually all members of the tribe left Bahrain for Dammam after suspecting that the new ruler, Sheikh Hamad ibn Isa would attempt to tighten his control over them with British support and force them into submitting to his rule in 1923. The Dawasir were officially allowed to return in April 1927 by Sheikh Hamad after being requested by Ibn Saud to do so.^[5]

Years after the departure of the Dawasir, a number of Huwala families arrived in Bahrain from southern Iran (mainly from the village of Chah Kutah), claiming to be members of the Dumkooh clan.^[6] Their origin is disputed by some Dawasir scholars such as Sahood Aldosseri who deny claims put forward by apologists which assert that some Dumkooh clansmen are of Iranian origin because there are no records proving that an immigration of such a powerful clan would occur without any records remaining.^[7]

Al-Zayed

Al-Zayed also known as the original dowasir, the people that come from Dowsar Al-Asad Bin Omran Alazdi. Immigrated from the south of the Arabian Peninsula all the way up to south of Najd also known as Wadi Al-aqeeq (Now Wadi Al-Dowasir) and went to battle against the Beni Aqeel tribe who were in the Valley before the Dowasir Al-Zayed were, and Al-Zayed left the battle victorious making Wadi Al-Dawasir their home.

Taghlib

They are from Taghlib bin Wael from Adnan. The Taghlibis are a large, famous and very ancient tribe. They are one of the ancient and famous tribes, including the famous knights. This tribe was divided into several sections, including the Taghlibis from Al-Dawasir.

First section: “Al-Ali” or “Al-Alyat” and they are (Al-Hagban, Al-Masareer, Al-Mshawya)

Second section: Al-Mohammad and they are (Al-Amoor & Al-Kheylat)