| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 32,000[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Medina, Wadi al-Fara' | |
| Languages | |
| Hijazi Arabic | |
| Religion | |
| Twelver Shi'a Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Ismailis of Najran |
The Nakhawila (Arabic: النخاولة) are a community of indigenous Hijazi Twelver Shias who have traditionally resided in and around the city of Medina in Saudi Arabia, numbering around 32,000—although no official or certain figures are available.[2]
- ^ Marja and the Survival of a Community: The Shia of Medina], Yousif al-Khoei in "The Most Learned of the Shiʻa: The Institution of the Marjaʻ Taqlid", ed Linda Walbridge, 2001, Oxford University Press US. p, 248.
- ^ Werner Ende (Nov 1997). "The Nakhāwila, a Shite Community in Medina Past and Present". Die Welt des Islams. 37 (3). Brill: 316–18.