The Jarwanid dynasty () was an

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dynasty that ruled

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in the 14th century.

History

The Jarwanids belonged to the clan of Bani Malik. It is disputed whether they belonged to the

Banu Uqayl Banu Uqayl ( ar, بنو عُـقَـيـْل) are an ancient Arab tribe that played an important role in the history of eastern Arabia and Iraq. They belonged to the Banu Ka'b branch of the large Banu 'Amir confederation. The Banu 'Amir confede ...

—the tribe of their predecessors the

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and their successors the

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—or to the Banu Abdul Qays, to whom the Uyunid dynasty (1076-1235) belonged. The Jarwanids came to power some time in the 14th century, after expelling the forces of Sa'eed ibn Mughamis, the chief of the

Muntafiq Al-Muntafiq ( ar, المنتفق) was a large Arab tribal confederation of southern Iraq and Kuwait. The confederation's tribes predominantly settled in Iraq's southern provinces and northern Kuwait. The confederation is not homogeneous in terms ...

tribe based in the

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i city of

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. Contemporary sources such

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and Ibn Hajar describe the Jarwanids as being "extreme Rawafidh," a term for Shi'ites who rejected the first three

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, while a 15th-century

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scholar from

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describes them as being "remnants of the

Qarmatians The Qarmatians ( ar, قرامطة, Qarāmiṭa; ) were a militant Isma'ili Shia movement centred in al-Hasa in Eastern Arabia, where they established a religious-utopian socialist state in 899 CE. Its members were part of a movement that ...

." Historian

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concludes from this that they were

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.Juan R. I. Cole, "Rival Empires of Trade and Imami Shiism in Eastern Arabia, 1300-1800", ''International Journal of Middle East Studies'', Vol. 19, No. 2. (May, 1987), pp. 177-203, at p. 179, through JSTOR

/ref> However, the

Twelver Shi'ite Twelver Shīʿīsm ( ar, ٱثْنَا عَشَرِيَّة; '), also known as Imāmīyyah ( ar, إِمَامِيَّة), is the largest branch of Shīʿa Islam, comprising about 85 percent of all Shīʿa Muslims. The term ''Twelver'' refers t ...

sect was promoted under their rule, and Twelver scholars held the judgeships and other important positions, including the chief of the '' hisba''. Also, unlike under the

, Islamic prayers were held in the mosques under Jarwanid rule, and prayer was called under the Shi'ite formula. A Twelver scholar of the 14th century, Jamaluddeen Al-Mutawwa', belonged to the house of Jarwan. According to Al-Humaydan, who specialized in the history of eastern

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, the Jarwanids were Twelvers, and the term "Qaramita" was used simply as an epithet for "Shi'ite."Al-Wasit Online Newspaper, Issue 2379, March 12, 2009, citing Al-Humayda

br>الشيعة المتصوفون وقيادة في مسجد الخميس، حسين محمد حسين Jarwanid rule came to an end in the 15th century at the hands of the

, a clan of the

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