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{{Infobox tribe
|name= Kunud
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|type= Arab tribe
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|ethnicity= [[Arabs|Arab]]
|location= [[United Arab Emirates]]<br>[[Oman]]
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|language= [[Arabic]]
|religion= [[Ibadi]]
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The '''Kunud''' (singular Al Kindi) is a tribe of the [[United Arab Emirates|United Arab Emirates (UAE)]] and [[Oman]].
By the turn of the 20th century, the Kunud, a population of some 1,500, were mostly settled on the East Coast, from [[Nizwa]] in [[Oman]] to [[Kalba]] in [[Emirate of Sharjah|Sharjah]] and [[Wadi Hayl|Al Hayl]] in [[Fujairah]], as well as [[Mahdha|Mahdah]] and [[Al Buraimi Governorate|Buraimi]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Vol II|last=Lorimer|first=John|publisher=British Government, Bombay|year=1915|pages=1041}}</ref>
Long associated with the [[Sudan (tribe)|Sudan]] (Al Suwaidi), the Kunud have been linked to [[Miqdad ibn Aswad|Miqdad ibn Aswad Al Kindi]], an immigrant into Oman from Yemen at the time of the Islamic prophet, [[Muhammad]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=From Trucial States to United Arab Emirates : a society in transition|last=Heard-Bey|first=Frauke|date=2005|publisher=Motivate|isbn=1860631673|location=London|pages=32|oclc=64689681}}</ref> Traditionally, the Kunud followed the Omani [[Ibadi]] faith.<ref>{{Cite book|title=From Trucial States to United Arab Emirates : a society in transition|last=Heard-Bey|first=Frauke|date=2005|publisher=Motivate|isbn=1860631673|location=London|pages=133|oclc=64689681}}</ref>
== References ==
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{{Arab tribes in the United Arab Emirates}}
[[Category:Tribes of the United Arab Emirates]]
[[Category:Tribes of Arabia]]