Banu Hudhayl

{{Short description|Arab tribe}}

{{Infobox tribe

|name=Banu Hudhayl

|local name=بنو هذيل

|type=Khindifite Arab tribe

|ethnicity=Arab

|nisba=Al-Hudhali

|location=Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Jordan, Egypt

|religion=Sunni Islam

|descended=Hudhayl ibn Mudrikah

| branches = *Lihyan

  • Mohrez
  • Marer
  • Sa'ad
  • Beni
  • Fleet
  • Zohair
  • Jamil

|image=Banu Hudhayl Flag (21).png

|image_size=150px

|caption=Banner of Banu Hudhayl at the Battle of Siffin|language=Arabic|parent_tribe=Banu Mudar}}

File:Pre_Islamic_Arabian_Tribes_(Harold_Dixon).svg in 600 AD, showing the various Arab tribes and their areas of settlement. The Lakhmids (yellow) formed an Arab monarchy as clients of the Sasanian Empire, while the Ghassanids (red) formed an Arab monarchy as clients of the Roman Empire A map published by the British academic Harold Dixon during World War I, showing the presence of the Arab tribes in West Asia, 1914]]

Banu Hudhayl ({{langx|ar|بنو هذيل}}) is an Arab tribe that originated in the Hejaz. The tribe mainly inhabits Saudi Arabia, Tunisia,Ibn Khaldun, Kitab al-Ibar, vol. 2, p. 319. Jordan and Egypt. The tribe was one of the tribes in contact with the Islamic prophet Muhammad and they are known throughout history for their talented poets and intellectuals, as well as their help in repelling the Qarmatians in the 10th-century Sack of Mecca.Al-Masudi (2009). Al-Tanbīh wa l-ishrāf. Vol. 1. Cairo, Egypt: Maktabat El Thaqafya El Diniah. {{ISBN|9773413519}}

Ancestry

The tribe traces a genealogical history backwards from their eponymous ancestor to Adam:

Hudhayl son of Madrakah son of Ilyas (Elijah) son of Madher son of Nazar son of Ma'ad son of Adnan son of Add son of Send son of NapyotBook of Genesis 25:12-16 son of IshmaelIshmael, Encyclopedia of the Qur'anAzraqi, Akhbar Makkah, vol. 1, pp. 58-66 son of Abraham[http://www.covenantnetwork.org/sermon&papers/brown1.html Abraham, Sarah and Hagar] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725200811/http://www.covenantnetwork.org/sermon%26papers/brown1.html |date=2011-07-25 }} - James D. BrownGenesis 16:1-6Qur'an 2:127 to 136 son of AzarQur'an 6:74Islamic view of AbrahamQur'an 37:99–111 (Terah) son of NahorLuke 3:35 son of SroojBook of Genesis11:20-23 son of Ra'oGenesis 11:20 son of PhalegGenesis 10:25 son of AberAdamic language son of ShalehGenesis 10:24Genesis 11:12-13Luke 3:36 son of ArpheckshadBook of Genesis 10:22, 24; 11:10-13; 1 Chron. 1:17-18 son of Sam son of Noah son of LamekLuke 3:37 son of Motoshaleh son of Edres (Enoch) son of Yared son of Mehlaiel son of Qenan son of Anosh son of Seth son of Adam

Arabian tribes that interacted with Muhammad

Known members

Notes

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Further reading

  • History Ibn Khaldun
  • History Ibn al-Athir
  • History Ibn Hisham
  • History Al-Hamdani
  • History Ibn Ishaq
  • Kinship and marriage in early Arabia by \ Smith W. Robertson
  • A universal history, from the earliest accounts to the present time by \ Universal
  • The Koran, Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mohammed by George Sale, Savary
  • A Short History of the Arabs by \ Francesco Gabrieli, Salvator Attanasio
  • The March from Medina by \ John Walter Jandora
  • Muhammad by \ Muhammad Zafrulla Khan
  • Mohammed and the Rise of Islam by \ D. S. Margoliouth
  • History of Arabia, Ancient and Modern by \ Andrew Crichton