Like most other tribes in the southwestern region of the country, Bariq is divided into three large groups, based on geography and lifestyle: Majority live in Bareq of Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Yemen .
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When the dam collapsed for the third time in the 3rd Century AD, a large number of the Bareq tribe left Yemen and immigrated in many directions.Then settled on a mountain called Bareq in Tihama then Saad Father of Bariq tribes called him Bariq because
Asma bint Adiy al-Bariqi ibn bariq Ibn Uday Ibn Haritha Ibn Amr Mazikiee Ibn Aamr bin Haritha Algtarif bin Imru al-Qais Thailb bin Mazen Ibn Al-Azd Ibn Al-Ghoth Ibn Nabit Ibn Malik bin Zaid Ibn Kahlan Ibn Saba'a ( Sheba ) Ibn Yashjub Ibn Yarab Ibn Qahtan Ibn Hud (prophet) (Eber)) .
They lived in Bareq with the other Bariq tribes, Al-Musa ibn Ali, Al- Isb'ai and Al-Jabali.