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The Hadharem (; singular: Hadhrami, ) are an Arab ethnographic group indigenous to the Hadhramaut region in the Arabian Peninsula, which is part of modern-day Yemen, southern Oman, and southern Saudi Arabia. The spoken language of the Hadharem is Hadhrami Arabic. Among the two million inhabitants of Hadhramaut, there are about 1,300 distinct tribes.

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Hadharem
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ar
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Map of Hadhrami emigrations.svg
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Map of Hadhramaut and the Hadharem diaspora regions
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Arabian Peninsula, East Africa, Southeast Asia
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Hadhrami Arabic, historically Hadramautic
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Sunni Islam, mainly Shafi'i
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Other Arabs, other Old South Arabian-speaking peoples, Lembas, Chaush, Sri Lankan Moors, Sodagar, Konkani Muslims, Nawayath, Malabar Muslims, Surti Sunni Vohras, Artega, Arab Indonesians

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22 sections
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  • Society
  • Social hierarchy
  • Language
  • Diaspora
  • Hadharem in the Arabian Peninsula
  • Hadhrami East Africans
  • Hadhrami Jews
  • List of Hadhrami Diaspora
  • Notable people
  • Yemen
  • Swahili Coast
  • Horn of Africa
  • Indonesia
  • East Timor
  • Malaysia
  • Singapore
  • South Asia
  • Saudi Arabia
  • United Kingdom
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading

The Hadharem (; singular: Hadhrami, ) are an Arab ethnographic group indigenous to the Hadhramaut region in the Arabian Peninsula, which is part of modern-day Yemen, southern Oman, and southern Saudi Arabia. The spoken language of the Hadharem is Hadhrami Arabic. Among the two million inhabitants of Hadhramaut, there are about 1,300 distinct tribes.

== Society == thumb|Flag of Hadhramaut used by Qasimism|Qasimists Hadhramaut was under Muslim rule and converted to the faith during the time of Prophet Muhammad. A religious leader from Iraq introduced the Hadharem to Ibadi Islam in the mid-eighth century until in 951 AD when Sunnis took Hadhramaut and put it under their domain. To this day the Hadharem follow Sunni Islam, specifically the Shafi'i school. Hadharem women have had more freedom and education than women in many other Arab countries.

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