Amiriyah residents belong mostly to the Albu Issa subtribe, part of the Dulaim tribe.

As of June 2019, the total population of all 31 of the displaced persons camps of Amiriyah Fallujah was 11,661 according to UN estimates.

[1] During the lead up to the Gulf War in 1990, several Western hostages were held as a human shield at a suspected ammunition factory in the area from September 1990 until their release 6 December 1990.

Only the British were detained until December, the French and Japanese being released in October and November 1990 respectively.

In 2016, during the Siege of Fallujah, there was intense fighting in the area between the Iraqi army and ISIL militants.