The Banu Jusham () were a large sub-tribe in the

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during the time of

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. According to genealogists and various oral traditions, they are the descendants of Jusham ibn Muawiya ibn Bakr ibn

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 ...

Branches

The main tribes that constituted this sub-tribe were as follows:

Banu Ghazia

invading And the Gazans are an independent tribe, their largest and their homes were with their people in Sarawat between Tihama and Najd, and after Islam, it spread in Iraq and the Maghreb, and the main branches of Gaza are: Otaibah bin Ghazia Jada'a bin Ghazia Atwara bin Ghazia Hami bin Ghazia As for Otaiba, among them was Obaidullah bin Ramahs, Juda’a, among whom was Duraid bin Al-Samma, and Atwara, among whom was Hanak bin Thabet, the poet and the knight who participated in the cloudy day on Kinana.

Bani Asima

They are Banu Usaima bin Jashem, and they are two branches: Buni kaeb Buni eaqaba Among them is the companion of Abdullah bin Masoud, and he is Abu Al-Ahwas Awf bin Malik, and among them is the poet Rifa’a bin Darraj Al-Asmy and the companion Malik bin Nadla

Banu Uday

Bani Amer

Bani Eshan

Notable members

Dorayd bin Al Soma Durayd ibn al-Simma () was a pre-Islamic warrior, knight and poet of the Hawazin tribe. He was also the chief of the Banu Jusham ibn Mu'awiya,Abi Hatim Sahl ibn Muhammad al-Sijistani. almueamirun walwasaya (in Arabic). p. 8. or the modern day Al-Qt ...

Houari Boumediene Houari is a given name and surname. It may refer to: Persons Given name *Houari Boumédiène, also transcribed Boumediene, Boumedienne etc. (1932–1978), served as Chairman of the Revolutionary Council of Algeria from 19 June 1965 until 12 Decembe ...

, from Banu 'Ady (Uday).

References

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