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**AnthonyKing** · 06-06-2011, 04:24 PM

I would say that when Muslims came to the region the people living there were predominantly of local descent mixed with some Arab tribes that had settled in the area over the preceding centuries. Are they more Arab than Lebanese people? I would say yes if you're comparing them to Lebanese Christians; I'm not sure if that would be the case with Lebanese Muslims, esp. the ones in the south of the country. In comparison to other Iraqi Arabs, they probably have more local Mesopotamian ancestry than the Arabs in central and esp. southern Iraq.

06-06-2011, 04:24 PM	#2
AnthonyKing Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 574 Senior Member	I would say that when Muslims came to the region the people living there were predominantly of local descent mixed with some Arab tribes that had settled in the area over the preceding centuries. Are they more Arab than Lebanese people? I would say yes if you're comparing them to Lebanese Christians; I'm not sure if that would be the case with Lebanese Muslims, esp. the ones in the south of the country. In comparison to other Iraqi Arabs, they probably have more local Mesopotamian ancestry than the Arabs in central and esp. southern Iraq.
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