The Azd ( ar, أَزْد), or ''Al-Azd'' ( ar, ٱلْأَزْد), are a

tribe The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English language, English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in p ...

of Sabaean Arabs. In ancient times, the Sabaeans inhabited

Ma'rib Marib ( ar, مَأْرِب, Maʾrib; Old South Arabian: 𐩣𐩧𐩨/𐩣𐩧𐩺𐩨 ''Mryb/Mrb'') is the capital city of Marib Governorate, Yemen. It was the capital of the ancient kingdom of ''Sabaʾ'' ( ar, سَبَأ), which some scholars ...

, capital city of the Kingdom of Saba' in modern-day

Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...

. Their lands were irrigated by the Ma'rib Dam, which is thought by some to have been one of the engineering wonders of the ancient world because of its size. When the dam collapsed for the third time in the 1st century C.E., much of the Azd tribe left Marib and dispersed.

Branches

In the 3rd century C.E., the Azd branched into four sub-branches, each led by one of the sons of Amr bin Muzaikiyya.

Imran Bin Amr

Imran bin Amr Imran, also transliterated as Emran ( ar, عمران ''ʿImrān'') is an Arabic form of the Hebrew male name ʿAmram in the Middle East and other Muslim countries. The name Imran is found in the Quranic chapter called House of ʿImrān (''āl ʿI ...

and the bulk of the tribe went to Oman, where they established the Azdi presence in

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. Later they invaded

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and

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in Southern

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, and these came to be known as "Azd Daba". Another branch headed west back to Yemen, and a group went further west all the way to

Tihamah Tihamah or Tihama ( ar, تِهَامَةُ ') refers to the Red Sea coastal plain of the Arabian Peninsula from the Gulf of Aqaba to the Bab el Mandeb. Etymology Tihāmat is the Proto-Semitic language's term for 'sea'. Tiamat (or Tehom, in mas ...

on the

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. This group was to become known as "

Azd Uman The Azd ( ar, أَزْد), or ''Al-Azd'' ( ar, ٱلْأَزْد), are a Tribes of Arabia, tribe of Sabaeans, Sabaean Arabs. In ancient times, the Sabaeans inhabited Ma'rib, capital city of the Sabaeans, Kingdom of Saba' in modern-day Yemen. Th ...

" after the emergence of Islam.

Jafna bin Amr

Jafna bin Amr The Ghassanids ( ar, الغساسنة, translit=al-Ġasāsina, also Banu Ghassān (, romanized as: ), also called the Jafnids, were an Arab tribe which founded a kingdom. They emigrated from southern Arabia in the early 3rd century to the Levan ...

and his family headed for

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, where he settled and initiated the kingdom of the

Ghassanids The Ghassanids ( ar, الغساسنة, translit=al-Ġasāsina, also Banu Ghassān (, romanized as: ), also called the Jafnids, were an Arab tribe which founded a kingdom. They emigrated from southern Arabia in the early 3rd century to the Levan ...

. They were so named after a spring of water where they stopped on their way to Syria. This branch was to produce: * The

Ghassanid The Ghassanids ( ar, الغساسنة, translit=al-Ġasāsina, also Banu Ghassān (, romanized as: ), also called the Jafnids, were an Arab tribe which founded a kingdom. They emigrated from southern Arabia in the early 3rd century to the Levan ...

dynasty in Syria * A Roman Emperor (

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, a

Arab from Syria, who ruled 244–249 C.E.) * A Byzantine dynasty (the Byzantine Emperor

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, also known as the "Syrian", ruled from 717–741 C.E.)

Thalabah bin Amr

Thalabah bin Amr left his tribe for the Hijaz, and dwelt between Thalabiyah and

Dhi Qar Dhi Qar Governorate ( ar, ذي قار, translit=Thi Qār, ) is a governorate in southern Iraq. The provincial capital is Nasiriyah. Prior to 1976 the governorate was known as Muntafiq Governorate. Thi Qar was the heartland of the ancient Iraqi civ ...

. When he gained strength, he headed for

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, where he stayed. Of his seed are the Aws and

Khazraj The Banu Khazraj ( ar, بنو خزرج) is a large Arab tribe based in Medina. They were also in Medina during Muhammad's era. The Banu Khazraj are a South Arabian tribe that were pressured out of South Arabia in the Karib'il Watar 7th century ...

, sons of Haritha bin Thalabah. These were to be the Muslim Ansar and were to produce the last Arab dynasty in Spain (the Nasrids).

Haritha bin Amr

Haritha bin Amr led a branch of the Azd Qahtani tribes. He wandered with his tribe in the Hijaz until they came to the Tihamah. He had three sons Adi, Afsa and Lahi. Adiy was the father of Bariq, Lahi the father of Khuza'a and Afsa, the father of Aslam.

                              Azd
                                ,                      
                 .--------------+------------.                        
                 ,                            ,                       
               Mazin                     Shahnvah
                 ,                            ,                   
      .----------+----------.       .--------+-----------.           
      ,           ,           ,        ,         ,            , 
      ,           ,           ,        ,         ,            , 
      ,           ,           ,     Samala  (Banu) Daws   Haddan
 Thalabah     Haritha     Jafna
      ,           ,     (Ghassanids/The Ghassinids)
   .--+----.     , 
   ,        ,      , _________________
(Banu) Aws  (Banu) Khuza'a/Khazraj , 
                                   , 
                         .-----+---+----------.
                         ,          ,           , 
                        Adi       Afsa      Lohay
                         ,          ,           , 
                       Bariq     Aslam  (Banu) Khuza'a
                                   ,           , 
                                Salaman   Mustalik

Zahran

The Zahran tribe is an ancient Arabian offshoot of the Azdi tribe, also originating from the Kingdom of Saba'. The shortage of water prompted them to relocate to Al-Bahah in the

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. Today, members of the Zahran tribe can be found all over the Middle East and beyond. According to Arab scholars, the dialect used by the

Hejaz The Hejaz (, also ; ar, ٱلْحِجَاز, al-Ḥijāz, lit=the Barrier, ) is a region in the west of Saudi Arabia. It includes the cities of Mecca, Medina, Jeddah, Tabuk, Yanbu, Taif, and Baljurashi. It is also known as the "Western Provin ...

i tribes, the Zahran and the Ghamid, is the closest to

classical Arabic Classical Arabic ( ar, links=no, ٱلْعَرَبِيَّةُ ٱلْفُصْحَىٰ, al-ʿarabīyah al-fuṣḥā) or Quranic Arabic is the standardized literary form of Arabic used from the 7th century and throughout the Middle Ages, most notab ...

Azd 'Uman

The Azd 'Uman were the dominant Arab tribe in the eastern realms of the

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and were the driving force in the conquest of Fars,

Makran Makran ( fa, مكران), mentioned in some sources as Mecran and Mokrān, is the coastal region of Baluchistan. It is a semi-desert coastal strip in Balochistan, in Pakistan and Iran, along the coast of the Gulf of Oman. It extends westwards, ...

and

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. They were the chief merchant group of

Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of t ...

and

Al-Ubulla Al-Ubulla ( ar, الأبلة), called Apologou ( gr, 'Απολόγου 'Εμπόριον) by the Greeks in the pre-Islamic period, was a port city at the head of the Persian Gulf east of Basra in present-day Iraq. In the medieval period, it serve ...

, who organized a trading diaspora with settlements of Persianized Arabians on the coasts of Kirman and Makran, extending into Sindh since the days of

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. They were strongly involved in the western trade with

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, and with the expansion of the

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, they began to consolidate their commercial and political authority on the eastern frontier. During the early years of the

, the Azdi ports of

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and

were staging grounds for Muslim naval fleets headed to Fars (Persia) and Hind (India). From 637 C.E., the conquests of Fars and Makran were dominated by the Azdi and allied tribes from Oman. Between 665 and 683 C.E., the Azdi 'Uman became especially prominent due in Basra on account of favors from

Ziyad ibn Abihi Abu al-Mughira Ziyad ibn Abihi ( ar, أبو المغيرة زياد بن أبيه, Abū al-Mughīra Ziyād ibn Abīhi; – 673), also known as Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan ( ar, زياد بن أبي سفيان, Ziyād ibn Abī Sufyān), was an adminis ...

, the Governor of

Muawiya I Mu'awiya I ( ar, معاوية بن أبي سفيان, Muʿāwiya ibn Abī Sufyān; –April 680) was the founder and first caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate, ruling from 661 until his death. He became caliph less than thirty years after the deat ...

, and his son Ubaidullah. When a member of their tribe Abu Said Al- Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra became governor their influence and wealth increased as he extended Muslim conquests to

and

, where so many other Azdi were settled. After his death in 702, though, they lost their grip on power with the rise of Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf as governor of

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

. Al-Hajjaj pursued a systematic policy of breaking

Umayyad The Umayyad Caliphate (661–750 CE; , ; ar, ٱلْخِلَافَة ٱلْأُمَوِيَّة, al-Khilāfah al-ʾUmawīyah) was the second of the four major caliphates established after the death of Muhammad. The caliphate was ruled by the ...

power, as a result of which the Azd also suffered. With the death of Hajjaj and under Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik as

Caliph A caliphate or khilāfah ( ar, خِلَافَة, ) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with the title of caliph (; ar, خَلِيفَة , ), a person considered a political-religious successor to th ...

, their fortunes reversed once again, with the appointment of

Yazid ibn al-Muhallab Yazid ibn al-Muhallab ( ar, يزيد بن المهلب) (672–720) was a provincial governor in the time of the Umayyad dynasty and an early member of the Muhallabid family that became important in early Abbasid times. Life In A.H. 78 (697-698 ...

.Wink pg 51-52;"''It is not accident that, among the Arabs, the Tribe of the Azd 'Uman were instrumental in the conquest of Fars, Makran and Sind, and that for some time they became the dominant Arab tribe in the eastern caliphate.''"

Influential people or branches

*The

*The Banu Tanukh *Banu

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(part of the Tanukhi tribal Confederation) *The Nasrid dynasty of

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* Al Said dynasty of

Bani Yas Bani Yas ( ar, بَنُو ياس) is a tribal confederation of Najdi origin in the United Arab Emirates. The tribal coalition which consists of tribes from Dubai to Khawr al Udayd southeast of Qatar, was called the Bani Yas Coalition. The tribe has ...

Al Nahyan The House of Nahyan ( ar, آل نهيان, Āl Nohayān) are one of the six ruling families of the United Arab Emirates, and are based in the capital Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Al Nahyan is a branch of the House of Al Falahi (Āl Bū Fal ...

dynasty of

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in what is now the

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dynasty of

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Abu Dawood Abū Dāwūd (Dā’ūd) Sulaymān ibn al-Ash‘ath ibn Isḥāq al-Azdī al-Sijistānī ( ar, أبو داود سليمان بن الأشعث الأزدي السجستاني), commonly known simply as Abū Dāwūd al-Sijistānī, was a scholar o ...

, collector of ''a

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'' *

Ibn Duraid Abū Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Duraid al-Azdī al-Baṣrī ad-Dawsī Al-Zahrani (), or Ibn Duraid () (c. 837-933 CE), a leading grammarian of Baṣrah, was described as "the most accomplished scholar, ablest philologer and first poet of t ...

Kuthayyir Kuthayyir ibn ‘Abd al-Raḥman () (c. 660 – c. 723), commonly known as Kuthayyir ‘Azzah ( ar, كثيّر عزّة) was an Arab 'Udhri poet of the Umayyad period from the tribe of Azd. He was born in Medina and resided in Hijaz and Egypt. ...

, Arab poet *

Jābir ibn Zayd Abu al-Sha'tha Jabir ibn Zayd al-Zahrani al-Azdi () was a Muslim theologian and one of the founding figures of the Ibadis,Donald Hawley, ''Oman'', pg. 199. Jubilee edition. Kensington: Stacey International, 1995. the third major denomination of Is ...

, the co-founder of the

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sect of

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*Tribe of Balgarn (Al Garni) or ( Al-Qarni) *

Ghamid The Ghamd (also transliterated as Ghamid, ar, غامد) is an Arab tribe of Azd tribe in Hejaz Region. History The tribe belongs to the Hejaz region, and it is considered one of the oldest tribe of Arabia according to genetic research and an ...

Bani Shehr The Banu Shahr () is a tribe from the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula It belongs to the ancient tribe al-Azd that has many clans linked to it. As far as ancestry goes, Banu Shahr, Bani Amr, Bal-Ahmar, Bal-Asmar, Bal-Qarn, Shumran and some ...

* Zahran *The Rawadids *Tribe of Bariq *

Jabir ibn Hayyan Abū Mūsā Jābir ibn Ḥayyān (Arabic: , variously called al-Ṣūfī, al-Azdī, al-Kūfī, or al-Ṭūsī), died 806−816, is the purported author of an enormous number and variety of works in Arabic, often called the Jabirian corpus. The ...

(historicity uncertain; may also have been a non-Arab or 'client' of the Azd). still thought the attribution to Jabir of the name al-Azdi to be false, but later sources (from on) assume its authenticity. *

Hudhayfah al-Bariqi Hudhayfah Ibn Mihsan al-Bariqi ( ar, حذيفة بن محصن البارقي), was a companion of Muhammad. He was governor of Oman during the reign of Rashidun Caliph Abu Bakr. Background Majority of genealogist unanimously agreed in various ...

Khalil ibn Ahmad Abu ‘Abd ar-Raḥmān al-Khalīl ibn Aḥmad ibn ‘Amr ibn Tammām al-Farāhīdī al-Azdī al-Yaḥmadī ( ar, أبو عبدالرحمن الخليل بن أحمد الفراهيدي; 718 – 786 CE), known as Al-Farāhīdī, or Al-Khalīl, ...

Urwah al-Bariqi Urwah Ibn Abi Al-Ja"d Al-Bariq ( ar, عروة البارقي), was a companion of Muhammad. He was a governor of Kufa and was involved in the early Muslim conquests of Persia. Lineage Urwah Ibn Abi Al-Ja"d Al-Bariqi From Bariq Ibn Uday Ibn Harit ...

* Arfaja al-Bariqi *

Humaydah al-Bariqi Humaydah ibn an-Nu'man al-Bariqi ( ar, حميضة بن النعمان البارقي), was a companion of Muhammad. He was the leader of the tribe of Bariq and an extremely successful military general during the reign of Rashidun Caliph Umar. Hum ...

* Ibn Al-Thahabi *

Ibn al-Banna Ibn al‐Bannāʾ al‐Marrākushī ( ar, ابن البناء المراكشي), full name: Abu'l-Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Uthman al-Azdi al-Marrakushi () (29 December 1256 – 31 July 1321), was a Moroccan polymath who was active as a math ...

* Jamilah bint Adwan *

Asma bint Adiy al-Bariqiyyah Asma bint Adiy al-Bariqi () also known as Bariqiyyah, (340 CE) was the mother of Kilab's half-brothers Taym and Yaqazah. Ibn Ishaq named her Hind al-Bariqiyyah. Her sons *Yaqaza was the father of Makhzum.''The Life of the Prophet Muhammad by ...

Al Muhallab ibn Abi Suffrah Abū Saʿīd al-Muhallab ibn Abī Ṣufra al-Azdī ( ar, أَبْو سَعِيْد ٱلْمُهَلَّب ابْن أَبِي صُفْرَة ٱلْأَزْدِي; 702) was an Arab general from the Azd tribe who fought in the service of the R ...

Mu'aqqir Mu'aqqir (Arabic: معقر) or Amr Ibn Aws b. Himar al-Bariqi (died 580 CE), a knight and the leader of the Bariq tribe which was in Bariq Of Azd Yemen and was famous for its glory, He is considered one of the greatest writers of Arabic poetr ...

Fatimah bint Sa'd Fatimah bint Sa’d Al Āmri Al-Zahrani ( ar, فاطمة بنت سعد العامري الزهراني), was the paternal great-great-great-great-grandmother and maternal great-great-great-grandmother of Islamic prophet Muhammad. Her full name ...

* Suraqah al-Bariqi * Ibn Al-Thahabi *

Banu Khazraj The Banu Khazraj ( ar, بنو خزرج) is a large Arab tribe based in Medina. They were also in Medina during Muhammad's era. The Banu Khazraj are a South Arabian tribe that were pressured out of South Arabia in the Karib'il Watar 7th century ...

* Billasmar (Al-Asmari) * Jamilah bint Adwan * Balahmer (Al-Ahmari) * Bani Amr (Al-Amri) * Amr ibn Khalid * Umm al-Khair *Al-

Dawasir Al-Dawasir Al-Dawasir (Arabic: الدواسر) i is an Arab tribe whose main base is in the south of Najd in the governorates of Wadi Al-Dawasir, Al-Sulail , Al-Aflaj, and Al-Kharj. The tribe is divided into two groups, namely Al Zayed ( Azd) an ...

Bani Malik Sanaa ( ar, صَنْعَاء '), also spelled San'a or Sana, is a governorate of Yemen. Its capital is Sanaa Sanaa ( ar, صَنْعَاء, ' , Yemeni Arabic: ; Old South Arabian: 𐩮𐩬𐩲𐩥 ''Ṣnʿw''), also spelled Sana'a or Sana, ...

Al-Tahawi Abu Ja'far Ahmad al-Tahawi ( ar, أبو جعفر الطحاوي, translit=Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad aṭ-Ṭaḥāwī) (843 – 5 November 933), or simply aṭ-Ṭaḥāwī (Arabic: ), was an Egyptians, Egyptian Arabs, Arab Hanafi jurist and Traditiona ...

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