Banu Zayd ( ar, بنو زيد) is a Najdi tribe that traces its roots to Zayd who settled
Shaqraa
Shaqra ( ar, شقراء) is a town in central Saudi Arabia, The city is located about 190 kilometers north-west of the capital Riyadh. It is a small city which is now growing due to the newly opened Shaqra University. The city is peaceful and well ...
in
Najd.
[Banu Zayd, al-qabilah al-Quda 'iyah fi hadirat Najd by Shuqayr, Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah. Riyad : al-Mu'allif, 2002. ]
Notable people
Among the tribe's members are:
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Muhammad bin Abdul Karim Al-Issa, Saudi politician and Secretary General of the
Muslim World League
The Muslim World League (MWL; ar, رابطة العالم الاسلامي, Rabitat al-Alam al-Islami, ) is an International Islamic NGO based in Mecca, Saudi Arabia that promotes what it calls the true message of Islam by advancing moderate ...
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Saleh Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi, Saudi businessman, philanthropist, and one of the founders of
Al-Rajhi Bank
The Al Rajhi Bank ( ar, مصرف الراجحي) (previously known as Al Rajhi Banking and Investment Corporation) is a Saudi Arabian bank and the world's largest Islamic bank by capital based on 2015 data.
The bank is a major investor in S ...
with his brothers
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Saud Al-Shuraim
Saud ibn Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Shuraim (Arabic: سعود بن ابراهيم بن محمد الشريم; born 19 January 1964), is one of the prayer leaders and Friday preachers at the Grand Mosque Masjid al-Haram in Makkah. A Quranic reciter, ...
, One of the imams and preachers of the
al-Masjid al-Haram
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, religious_affiliation = Islam
, image = Al-Haram mosque - Flickr - Al Jazeera English.jpg
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, caption = Aerial view of the Great Mosque of Mecca
, ma ...
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Bakr Abu Zayd, Saudi Muslim scholar
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Abdullah ibn Jibreen, Saudi Islamic jurist
See also
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Tribes of Arabia
The Tribes of Arabia () or Arab tribes () are the ethnic Arab tribes and clans that originated in the Arabian Peninsula. The tribes of Arabia descend from either one of the two Arab ancestors, Adnan or Qahtan. Arab tribes have historically in ...
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Bani Zeid
Bani Zeid ( ar, بني زيد) is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the north-central West Bank, located northwest of Ramallah, about 45 kilometers northwest of Jerusalem and about southwest of Salfit. A town of ...
,
Palestinian
Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...
town in the
Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate
References
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Tribes of Arabia