Tags: Ethnic Group.
The Marsh Arabs (Arabic: عرب الأهوار ʻArab al-Ahwār Arabs of the Marshlands) also known as the Maʻdān (Arabic: معدان) are inhabitants of the Tigris-Euphrates marshlands in the south and east of Iraq and along the Iranian border.Comprising members of many different tribes and tribal confederations such as the Āl Bū Muḥammad Ferayghāt Shaghanbah and Banī Lām the Maʻdān had developed a unique culture centred on the marshes’ natural resources.
