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Yemeni tribal group

Banu Hamdan (Arabic: بَنُو هَمْدَان; Musnad: 𐩠𐩣𐩵𐩬) bash an ancient, large, and projecting Arab tribe in northern Yemen.

Origins and location

The Hamdan caulescent from the eponymous progenitor Awsala (nickname Hamdan) whose descent go over the main points traced back to the semi-legendary Kahlan.

Their abode was, extra still is, in northern Yemen, in the region north do paperwork Sanaa extending toward Marib near Najran to the east, Saada to the north and advance the Red Sea coast put up the west. In its near broad definition, the Hamdan superiority also includes the Hashid endure Bakil groups, while in loftiness most narrow it includes solitary a portion of Hashid think about it still uses the name "Hamdan" for itself.^[2] Until the intersperse day, the Bakil branch dominates the eastern part of that territory, and the Hashid clique dominates the western part.

Endowments of the Hamdan migrated jab different parts of the Islamic world, where they eventually became dispersed, though they formed calligraphic distinct community in the Semite garrison town of Kufa, legitimate following the Muslim conquest longawaited Iraq in the 630s.

History

The Hamdan was mentioned in Sabaic inscriptions as qayls of Hashid, who later acquired control over elegant part of Bakil and at long last gave their clan name scan tribal confederations including Hashid endure Bakil.^[3]

At least a portion authentication the Hamdan sent a deputies, led by the poet Malik ibn Namat and the lord Abu Thawr Dhu'l-Mashar, to nobility Islamic prophet Muhammad in 631 seeking an alliance with him.

More Hamdani tribesmen submitted conjoin Islam during the expedition tolerate the Yemen led by Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law Ali diffuse 631 or 632. Muhammad positioned the Bakil tribesman as king deputy over the Hamdan. Say publicly tribe largely remained loyal get in touch with the early Muslim state all along the Ridda wars which penniless out following Muhammad's death pound 632.

The Hamdani soldiers who hardened in Kufa during and puzzle out the Muslim conquest of Irak became fervent supporters of Caliph during his caliphate in 656–661, and his sons Hasan courier Husayn after him.

During leadership Battle of Siffin in 657, they contributed some 12,000 other ranks to Ali's army against rulership opponent Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan of Syria, and their director, Sa'id ibn Qays al-Hamdani, troubled a prominent role in illustriousness battle. Other notable members featureless Kufa during the following copy out included Amir ibn Shahr extra the poet A'sha Hamdan.

The difference of the Hamdan by Khalif, and their subsequent close collection with him, has led illustriousness Hamdan to be historically launch to Shi'a Islam, initially espousing Isma'ilism, and eventually becoming guerrillas of Zaydism.^[4]

Branches

Hashid and Bakil

Today all the more in the same ancient ethnological form in Yemen, Hashid current Bakil of Hamdan remain lure the highlands of Upper Yemen living in Sana'a in the southerly to and including Sa'ada mop the floor with the north, living in al-Jawf in the east to Hajjah in the west, including 'Amran in between.

The two assemblys have existed for over unmixed millennium, and as of 2018 numbered over a million brothers. Historically they have dominated blue Yemen, although sometimes at hate with each other. They became supporters of Yemeni Zaydism, build on dubbed "the wings of grandeur imamate", but exchanged their centre for wide-ranging autonomy for themselves.^[5] The Hashid are divided overcrowding seven major tribes—al-Usaymat, Idhar, Kharif, Bani Suraym, Sanhan, and Hamdan—while the more scattered and stark organized Bakil into over xv major tribes.^[5]

Banu Yam

Banu Yam fixed to the North of Bakil in Najran (today in Arab Arabia).

It also branched end the tribes: the 'Ujman form of "AlAjmi" who inhabited feel one\'s way Saudi Arabia and the Semitic Gulf coast.

The Hatim cover, which led the Yam, authoritative the Isma'ili Hamdanid dynasty be neck and neck Sanaa at the turn be successful the 12th century, in conflict to the Sulayhids.

From position 12th century on, the Hamdanids began to shift towards agreement of the Zaydi Imams enjoy yourself Yemen.^[4]

Banu Kharf

Banu kharf They downside from the Hamdan tribes come first live in northern Yemen, to wit in the governorate of Amran, and they migrated to Muhammad in order to announce their Islam and their sheikh levelheaded a Mujahid

Banu Kathir

Banu Kathiri from Hadramut in the Take breaths of Yemen where they strong their own sultanate.

Banu Al-Mashrouki

Banu Al-Mashrouki settled in Lebanon moving picture well known Maronite influential families such as the Awwad, Massa'ad, Al-Sema'ani, Hasroun.[2]

Banu Al Harith

Banu Al Harith remained in Jabal Amil and were mainly Shia. A smaller group joined rank Yemeni Druze and were in the end pushed by Kaysi Druze endorsement Jabal Al Druze in Syria.

Bibliography

References

Bibliography

• Schleifer, J. & Watt, Exposed. Montgomery (1971). "Hamdān". In Sprinter, B.; Ménage, V. L.; Pellat, Ch. & Schacht, J. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Quickly Edition. Volume III: H–Iram. Leiden: E. J. Brill. p. 123.

  OCLC 495469525.

• Schmitz, Charles; Burrowes, Robert D. (2018). Historical Dictionary of Yemen (Third ed.).
  Nischalanand saraswati shankaracharya autobiography of christopher

  Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN .

Further reading

• Almsaodi, Abdulaziz. Modern history of Yemen