Arabian tribes that interacted with Muhammad
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There were several Tribes of Arabia during Muhammad's era.
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[edit] Introduction
The most prominent was Banu Quraish, Arabic for "The tribe of Quraish", it was in turn divided into several sub-clans. The Qur'aish sub-clan of Banu Hashim was the clan of Muhammad, while their sister sub-clan, the Banu Umayyad bacame known as his most staunch enemies. After Muhammad, the Muslim nation was ruled exclusively through the Banu Quraish tribe, all the way until the Ottoman Turks came into power.
Other tribes include various ones that were centered on different cities, for example the Banu Thaqif and the Banu Utub.
Notable are the Jewish tribes that had settled in Medina, they would play a prominent part in Muhammad's life, this included the Banu Qurayza, Banu Nadir and the Banu Qainuqa, they participiated in the Battle of Bu'ath.
[edit] List
A list includes:
- Banu Quraish — prominent in the city of Mecca
- Banu Thaqif — the city of Ta'if, Urwah ibn Mas'ud
- Banu Jadhimah — the city of Ta'if
- Banu Utub — the city of Najd
- Banu Ghatafan
- Banu Tamim
- Banu Sa'ad
- Banu Amr — Umar and his companions stayed with them during the hijrah from Mecca.
- Banu Daws — south of Mecca, Abu Hurairah
- Banu Bakr
- Banu Jumah
- Banu Kalb
- Banu Khazraj — Medina <ref name= "balagh.net">http://www.balagh.net/english/ahl_bayt/the_message/27.htm</ref><ref name="jewishencyclopedia">jewishencyclopedia.com [1]</ref>
- Banu Aus (Banu Aws) — Medina, Sa'ad ibn Mua'dh <ref name= "balagh.net">http://www.balagh.net/english/ahl_bayt/the_message/27.htm</ref><ref name="jewishencyclopedia">jewishencyclopedia.com [2]</ref>
Jewish tribes:
- Banu Qainuqa — in the city of Medina, "principal family" <ref name="jewishencyclopedia">jewishencyclopedia.com [3]</ref>, the most powerful of all the Jewish tribes of the peninsula before Islam <ref>jewishencyclopedia.com [4]</ref>.
- The Al-Kahinan — they traced their descent from Aaron.<ref name="jewishencyclopedia">jewishencyclopedia.com [5]</ref>
- Banu Qurayza — sub-clan of the Al-Kahinan, Medina, "principal family"<ref name="jewishencyclopedia">jewishencyclopedia.com [6]</ref>
- Banu Nadir — sub-clan of the Al-Kahinan, Medina, "principal family"<ref name="jewishencyclopedia">jewishencyclopedia.com [7]</ref>
- Banu Awf — Medina, allied with Muhammad<ref name="Constitution">http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Medina</ref>
- Banu Najjar — Medina, allied with Muhammad<ref name="Constitution">http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Medina</ref>
- Banu Harith — Medina, allied with Muhammad<ref name="Constitution">http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Medina</ref>
- Banu Sa'ida — Medina, allied with Muhammad<ref name="Constitution">http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Medina</ref>
- Banu Jusham — Medina, allied with Muhammad<ref name="Constitution">http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Medina</ref>
- Banu Thaalba — Medina, allied with Muhammad (a clan of the Bani Thaalba?)<ref name="Constitution">http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Medina</ref>
- Banu Jaffna — Medina, allied with Muhammad, a clan of the Bani Thaalba<ref name="Constitution">http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Medina</ref>
- Banu Shutayba — Medina, allied with Muhammad<ref name="Constitution">http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Medina</ref>
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