Banu Dhuhl Explained

Banu Dhuhl
Local Name:بنو ذهل
Type:Adnanites
Ethnicity:Arab
Nisba:Al-Dhuhli
Parent Tribe:Banu Bakr
Location:Arabian Peninsula
Descended:Dhuhl ibn Tha'laba
Religion:Paganism, later Islam

Banu Dhuhl also known as Dhuhal, was an Adnanite Arab tribe descended from Dhuhal ibn Tha'laba.

The tribe of Dhuhl was a branch of the Banu Bakr tribe, less prominent than the other Bakri tribes like the Banu Ijl and Banu Shayban. Although the Banu Dhuhl existed before Islam, there is scant mention in the pre-Islamic Ayyam al-Arab accounts. But, well-known figures of the Dhuhl are recorded in the early Islamic period. Their region of control is not exactly known, thought a branch of the Dhuhl were known to have settled in al-Yamama.[1]

The lineage of the tribe was Dhuhl ibn Tha'laba ibn Ukaba ibn Sa'b ibn Ali ibn Bakr ibn Wa'il ibn Qasit ibn Hanab ibn Afsa ibn Da'mi ibn Jadila ibn Asad ibn Rabi'a ibn Nizar ibn Ma'ad ibn Adnan.[2] Therefore, they are Adnanites.

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Notes and References

  1. Donner. Fred McGraw. 1980. The Bakr B. Wā'il Tribes and Politics in Northeastern Arabia on the Eve of Islam. Studia Islamica. 51. 5–38. 10.2307/1595370. 1595370. 0585-5292.
  2. Book: Al-Qalqashandi. Nehayat al-Irab fi Ma'aref Ansab al-'Arab. 2012-01-01. 978-2-7451-1589-8. ar.