Sentence examples for tribal based from inspiring English sources

In the 1880s, Alfred Comyn Lyall, an administrator of the British Raj who also studied history, revisited Tod's classification and asserted that the Rajput society was in fact tribal, based on kinship rather than feudal vassalage.

One important feature in this regard is the concept of autonomy, where more traditional or tribal based societies, such as is seen in the Arabian Gulf States, often view autonomy as relating to the group rather than the individual.

Pakistan has seen a violent wave of terrorist attacks in recent years, blamed by the government on Islamic extremists and tribal militants based in the semiautonomous tribal areas straddling the border with Afghanistan.

Labour only got in by appealing to the aspirational voter, but has lost much of its tribal base.

Or maybe in ten weeks we'll all be learning about the layout of streets in the city of Sirt, where Qaddafi has a tribal base.

Open unilateral action by the United States would be counterproductive because it might broaden the narrow social and tribal base exploited by Al Qaeda in the country.

But the bitter conflict pitting Kiir and his Dinka tribal base against his former vice-president, Riek Machar, and his Nuer allies is far from over.

It is being squeezed in Tikrit (the tribal base of the former dictator, Saddam Hussein) by the Iraqi army and Shia militias co-ordinated by Iran.

So the real dividing line will be between the parties that are honest with the public and those that are not; between those who can mount a broad appeal and those who fall back on a narrow tribal base.

Though Mr Cruz's dogmatism appeals to the party's tribal base, it will work against him as he seeks the party's nomination, Lexington reasons, as this requires winning over independents, too.

Furthermore, as Qutayba lacked a strong tribal base of his own, he could be expected to remain firmly attached to his patron.