Banu Hudhayl () is an

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tribe that originated in the

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. The tribe mainly inhabits

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and

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. The tribe was one of the tribes in contact with the

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prophet

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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

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Ancestry

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

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: Hudhayl son of Madrakah son of Ilyas (Elijah) son of Madher son of Nazar son of Ma'ad son of

Adnan Adnan () is traditionally regarded as the patriarch of the Adnanite Arabs, a major Arab lineage that historically inhabited Northern, Western, Eastern, and Central Arabia. The Adnanites are distinct from the Qahtanite Arabs of Southern Arabia ...

son of Add son of Send son of Napyot son of

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''Ishmael'', Encyclopedia of the Qur'an son of

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son of Azar (Terah) son of Nahor son of Srooj son of Ra'o son of Phaleg son of Aber son of Shaleh son of Arpheckshad son of Sam son of

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son of Lamek son of Motoshaleh son of Edres (Enoch) son of Yared son of Mehlaiel son of Qenan son of Anosh son of

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son of

Arabian tribes that interacted with Muhammad

Banu Kinanah Kinana () is an Arab tribe based around Mecca in the Tihama coastal area and the Hejaz mountains. The Quraysh of Mecca, the tribe of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, was an offshoot of the Kinana. A number of modern-day tribes throughout the Arab w ...

* Quraish Quraysh (sura) *

Banu Sulaym The Banu Sulaym () is an Arab tribe that dominated part of the Hejaz in the pre-Islamic era. They maintained close ties with the Quraysh of Mecca and the inhabitants of Medina, and fought in a number of battles against the Islamic prophet Muha ...

Banu Tamim The Banū Tamīm () are an Arab tribe that originated in Najd and Hejaz in the Arabian Peninsula. It is mainly present in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq, Oman, Jordan and Lebanon, and has a strong presence in Algeria, and Morocco, Palestine, ...

* Bani Asad * Banu Thaqif *

Hawazin The Hawazin ( / ALA-LC: ''Hawāzin'') were an Arab tribe originally based in the western Najd and around Ta'if in the Hejaz. They formed part of the larger Qays tribal group. The Hawazin consisted of the subtribes of Banu Sa'd, and Banu Jusham, a ...

* Ghatafan

Known members

* Abdullah bin Masud, a companion of Muhammad *

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historian * Adel Al-Jubeir, Saudi diplomat and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs *

Ubayd-Allah ibn Abd-Allah Ubayd Allah ibn Abd Allah ibn Zuhayr ibn Abd Allah ibn Jud'an al-Taymi () was a Medinian hadith narrator. He was possibly the ''Judge (Islamic law), qadi'' of Ta'if for caliph Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr (). He retold the event of the pen and paper as ...

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narrator * Sinan ibn Salamah ibn Mohbik,

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general and governor of

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* Aboul-Qacem Echebbi, Tunisian Poet * Abū Dhuʾayb al-Hudhalī, poet contemporary of Muhammad

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20080316215832/http://www.hathailly.com/vb/showthread.php?t=11324 * http://lahyan.net/vb/archive/index.php/t-24.html * http://www.tmeme.com/vb/showthread.php?t=342 * https://web.archive.org/web/20080403064904/http://www.thearabhistory.com/mudar * Arabian tribes that interacted with Muhammad * http://sirah.al-islam.com/SearchDisp.asp?ID=113&SearchText=هذيل%20بن%20مدركة&SearchType=root&Scope=all&Offset=20&SearchLevel=QBE * http://sirah.al-islam.com/SearchDisp.asp?ID=1672&SearchText=هذيل%20بن%20مدركة&SearchType=root&Scope=all&Offset=20&SearchLevel=QBE * https://web.archive.org/web/20100222125145/http://sirah.al-islam.com/tree.asp?ID=1&t=book2 * https://web.archive.org/web/20080309174242/http://sirah.al-islam.com/Display.asp?f=rwd1012 * https://web.archive.org/web/20100122083326/http://sirah.al-islam.com/Display.asp?f=rwd1014 * https://books.google.com/books?id=baw9AAAAIAAJ&dq=Lihyan&pg=PA155 * https://books.google.com/books?id=CR9iAgUwmTEC&pg=PA338&dq=Lihyan&lr= * https://books.google.com/books?id=SLvnnT31Du0C&dq=%22Hodhail%22&pg=PA230 * http://www.familytreedna.com/public/J1arabproject/default.aspx * https://web.archive.org/web/20090208095900/http://whitebook.com/p_1_en.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Hothail Tribes of Arabia Mudar History of Hejaz Bedouin groups Bedouins in Saudi Arabia Tribes of Saudi Arabia Arab tribes in Algeria Arab tribes in Morocco Tribes of Jordan Tribes

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Arabian tribes that interacted with Muhammad

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