The Aiel Clans

[The Creator]

The twelve Aiel clans are similar to the Tribes of Israel. There is a thirteenth clan, not counted among them--the Jenn Aiel, who built the city of Rhuidean, a repository of Aiel history and culture. The Jenn are equivalent to the thirteenth Hebrew tribe, the Levites, who had no land area but only scattered, strategic cities. The Aiel--living in the Aiel Waste--parallel the wandering of the Children of Israel in the desert. In the Third Age (the time of the books), the Jenn Aiel are believed to be entirely extinct.

In book nine of the series, Winter's Heart, it is mentioned by the Wise One Therava that the tribe of Shaido has 83 septs in total, so the total number of septs in a tribe could be much greater than the number of known septs in a tribe.

A compiled list of the thirteen Aiel clans (including the ancient Jenn Aiel), and their known septs.

The Thirteen Clans	Septs within the Clans	The Thirteen Clans	Septs within the Clans
The Chareen Aiel	Cosaida Jarra White Mountain	The Goshien Aiel	High Plain Jhirad Mosaada Red Salt Red Water Stones River
The Shaarad Aiel	Black Rock Haido Imran	The Tomanelle Aiel	Jenda Serai Shorara
The Codarra Aiel	Jaern Rift	The Shiande Aiel	Neder
The Daryne Aiel	Bent Peak Shelan	The Reyn Aiel	Musara Two Spires
The Miagoma Aiel	Cold Peak Smoke Water Spine Ridge Dry River Spring	The Nakai Aiel	Black Cliffs Black Water Salt Flat
The Taardad Aiel	Bitter Water Bloody Water Chumai Cold rocks Four Holes Four Stones Iron Mountain Jagged Spire Jindo Miadi Nine Valleys	The Shaido Aiel	Domai Green Salts Jonine Jumai Moshaine
The Jenn Aiel	There is not much known about the Jenn Aiel