Banu Asad ibn Khuzaymah ( ar, ابن أسد بن خزيمة ) is an Arab tribe. They are
Adnanite Arabs, powerful and one of the most famous tribes. They are widely respected by many
Arab tribes
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, respected by
Shia
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Muslim
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s because they have buried the body of
Husayn ibn Ali
Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, أبو عبد الله الحسين بن علي بن أبي طالب; 10 January 626 – 10 October 680) was a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a son of Ali ibn Abi ...
, his family (''
Ahl al-Bayt
Ahl al-Bayt ( ar, أَهْل ٱلْبَيْت, ) refers to the family of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, but the term has also been extended in Sunni Islam to apply to all descendants of the Banu Hashim (Muhammad's clan) and even to all Muslims. ...
'') and companions with the help of
Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin
ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn ( ar, علي بن الحسين زين العابدين), also known as al-Sajjād (, ) or simply as Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn (), , was an Imam in Shiʻi Islam after his father Husayn ibn Ali, his uncle Hasan ...
, the son of Husayn, and many martyrs from the
Battle of Karbala
The Battle of Karbala ( ar, مَعْرَكَة كَرْبَلَاء) was fought on 10 October 680 (10 Muharram in the year 61 AH of the Islamic calendar) between the army of the second Umayyad Caliph Yazid I and a small army led by Husayn ...
are from the tribe. Today, many members of the tribe live in the Iraqi cities of
Basra
Basra ( ar, ٱلْبَصْرَة, al-Baṣrah) is an Iraqi city located on the Shatt al-Arab. It had an estimated population of 1.4 million in 2018. Basra is also Iraq's main port, although it does not have deep water access, which is hand ...
,
Najaf
Najaf ( ar, ٱلنَّجَف) or An-Najaf al-Ashraf ( ar, ٱلنَّجَف ٱلْأَشْرَف), also known as Baniqia ( ar, بَانِيقِيَا), is a city in central Iraq about 160 km (100 mi) south of Baghdad. Its estimated popula ...
,
Kufa
Kufa ( ar, الْكُوفَة ), also spelled Kufah, is a city in Iraq, about south of Baghdad, and northeast of Najaf. It is located on the banks of the Euphrates River. The estimated population in 2003 was 110,000. Currently, Kufa and Najaf ...
,
Karbala
Karbala or Kerbala ( ar, كَرْبَلَاء, Karbalāʾ , , also ;) is a city in central Iraq, located about southwest of Baghdad, and a few miles east of Lake Milh, also known as Razzaza Lake. Karbala is the capital of Karbala Governorat ...
,
Nasiriyah,
Amarah
Amarah ( ar, ٱلْعَمَارَة, al-ʿAmārah), also spelled Amara, is a city in south-eastern Iraq, located on a low ridge next to the Tigris River waterway south of Baghdad about 50 km (31 mi) from the border with Iran. It lies at the ...
,
Kut
Kūt ( ar, ٱلْكُوت, al-Kūt), officially Al-Kut, also spelled Kutulamare or Kut al-Imara, is a city in eastern Iraq, on the left bank of the Tigris River, about south east of Baghdad. the estimated population is about 389,400 people.
It ...
,
Hillah
Hillah ( ar, ٱلْحِلَّة ''al-Ḥillah''), also spelled Hilla, is a city in central Iraq on the Hilla branch of the Euphrates River, south of Baghdad. The population is estimated at 364,700 in 1998. It is the capital of Babylon Province a ...
,
Diyala and
Baghdad
Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon ...
. There is a branch from the Banu Assad in Northern
Sudan
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called
Banu Kahil who have migrated from the Hijaz to Sudan. There are also members of Bani Assad tribe in
Ahvaz
Ahvaz ( fa, اهواز, Ahvâz ) is a city in the southwest of Iran and the capital of Khuzestan province. Ahvaz's population is about 1,300,000 and its built-up area with the nearby town of Sheybani is home to 1,136,989 inhabitants. It is hom ...
in the
Khuzestan of Iran located with neighboring tribes of
Banu Tamim
Banū Tamīm ( ar, بَنُو تَمِيم) is an Arab tribe that originated in Najd in the Arabian Peninsula. It is mainly present in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, Algeria, and has a strong presence in Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia ...
,
Bani Malik
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,
Banu Kaab
The Banu Ka'b ( ar, بنو كعب) are a nomadic Arab tribe which originated in the Najd region of the Arabian Peninsula, and inhabit Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, and Iran ( Khuzestan). They often raided, then settled various areas of southern an ...
and other notable
Arab
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tribes.
Lineage
The Bani Asad are the patrilineal lineage originating from a man named
Asad bin
Khuzaimah bin
Mudrikah bin
Ilyas
Ilyas ( ar, إلياس) is a form of the masculine given name Elias or Elijah.
Notable people with this given name
* Ilyas son of Mudar, ancestor of Muhammad
* Muhammad Ilyas Qadri, Founder of Dawat-e-Islami
* Ilyas Babar (1926-2002), Indian at ...
bin
Mudar
The Mudar ( ar, مُضَر) are one of the most powerful northern Arab tribal groupings.
History
The Mudar and Rabi'a are recorded in central Arabia in the Arabic histories of the pre-Islamic period; the kings of the Kindah bore the title o ...
bin
Nizar bin
Ma'ad
Ma'ad ibn Adnan ( ar, مَعَدّ ٱبْن عَدْنَان, Maʿadd ibn ʿAdnān) is an ancient ancestor of Qusai ibn Kilab and his descendant the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He is featured in ancient Arabic literature.
Origin
According to tra ...
bin
Adnan
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...bin
Qedar bin
Ismâʿīl (
Ishmael
Ishmael ''Ismaḗl''; Classical/Qur'anic Arabic: إِسْمَٰعِيْل; Modern Standard Arabic: إِسْمَاعِيْل ''ʾIsmāʿīl''; la, Ismael was the first son of Abraham, the common patriarch of the Abrahamic religions; and is cons ...
) bin
Ibrahim
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For the Islamic view of Ibrahim, see Abraham in Islam.
Ibrahim may also refer to:
* Ibrahim (name), a name (and list of people ...
(
Abraham
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).
The Asad tribe that exists today are from Mudar (Mudarites), said to be cousins of the
Islamic prophet
Prophets in Islam ( ar, الأنبياء في الإسلام, translit=al-ʾAnbiyāʾ fī al-ʾIslām) are individuals in Islam who are believed to spread God in Islam, God's message on Earth and to serve as models of ideal human behaviour. So ...
,
Muhammad
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 Common Era, CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Muhammad in Islam, Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet Divine inspiration, di ...
who share with them the same ancestor Khuzaimah ibn Mudrikah ibn Ilyas ibn Mudar.
Legacy of the Banu Asad
In the 6th century, a royal chief of the
Kindah
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Politics and society
*Kinda (tribe), an ancient and medieval Arab tribe
*Kingdom of Kinda, a tribal kingdom in north and central Arabia in –
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* Kinda, Idlib, Syria
* Kinda Hundred, a hundred in Sweden
* Ki ...
tribe named Hujr was killed by the Banu Asad. A contemporary of
Imru' al-Qais
Imruʾ al-Qais Junduh bin Hujr al-Kindi ( ar, ٱمْرُؤ ٱلْقَيْس جُنْدُح ٱبْن حُجْر ٱلْكِنْدِيّ, ALA-LC: ''ʾImruʾ al-Qays Junduḥ ibn Ḥujr al-Kindīy'') was an Arab king and poet in the 6th century, an ...
, the illustrious Arabian ''
mu'allaqat
The Muʻallaqāt ( ar, المعلقات, ) is a group of seven long Arabic poems. The name means The Suspended Odes or The Hanging Poems, the traditional explanation being that these poems were hung in the Kaaba in Mecca, while scholars have also ...
'' poet 'Abid bin al-Abras belonged to the Banu Asad and was fond of vaunting Hujr's murder.
In the
Namara inscription
The Namara inscription ( ar, نقش النمارة ' is a 4th century inscription in the Arabic language, making it one of the earliest. It has also been interpreted as a late version of the Nabataean Aramaic language in its transition to Ara ...
, Nasrid king of al-Hira, Imru' al-Qays ibn Amr claimed he killed two chiefs from Bani Assad, which is mentioned in
Ibn Ishaq where their nephew said a poem about her two uncles the Asadites "One came early to tell me of the death of the two best of Asad, 'Amr b. Mas'tid and the dependable chief (alsamad)".
Banu Asad had their own ''
Talbiyah
The Talbiyah ( ar, ٱلتَّلبِيَة, ') is a Muslim prayer invoked by the pilgrims as a conviction that they intend to perform the Hajj only for the glory of Allah. Talbiyah is repeatedly invoked during the Hajj, or pilgrimage
A pil ...
'' of the prilgrimmage to
Mecca
Mecca (; officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, commonly shortened to Makkah ()) is a city and administrative center of the Mecca Province of Saudi Arabia, and the Holiest sites in Islam, holiest city in Islam. It is inland from Jeddah on the Red ...
before Islam.
Conflicts with Muhammad
The
Islamic prophet
Prophets in Islam ( ar, الأنبياء في الإسلام, translit=al-ʾAnbiyāʾ fī al-ʾIslām) are individuals in Islam who are believed to spread God in Islam, God's message on Earth and to serve as models of ideal human behaviour. So ...
Muhammad was involved in armed conflict against this tribe. The first conflict was the
Expedition of Qatan
The Expedition of Qatan, was the first Raid on the Banu Asad bin Khuzaymah tribe, which occurred directly after the Battle of Hamra al-Asad in the year 4 A.H of the Islamic calendar.Note: Book contains a list of battles of Muhammad in Arabic, Eng ...
in June 625
free online
Muhammad ordered his followers to attack the Banu Asad bin Khuzaymah tribe after receiving intelligence that they were allegedly plotting to attack Medina 3 people were captured by Muslims during that expedition.
The second one was the
Expedition of Ukasha bin Al-Mihsan
The Expedition of Ukasha bin Al-Mihsan was the 2nd raid on the Banu Assad bin Qhuzayma tribe, which took place in August, 627AD in 3rd month of, 6AH of the Islamic calendar.Note: Book contains a list of battles of Muhammad in Arabic, English trans ...
in 627,
[Mubarakpuri, The Sealed Nectar, p. 205.]
online
Muhammad ordered his followers to attack the Banu Asad bin Khuzaymah tribe to capture booty/spoils
They also were involved in the
Expedition of Al Raji
The Expedition of al Raji, occurred directly after the Battle of Uhud in the year AH 4 of the Islamic calendar.
Background
Immediately after the Uhud battle, a group of men from Adal and al-Qarah came to Muhammad; requested him to send with the ...
where they were bribed to kill some Muslims on behalf of the Banu Lahyan tribe. According to
William Montgomery Watt
William Montgomery Watt (14 March 1909 – 24 October 2006) was a Scottish Orientalist, historian, academic and Anglican priest. From 1964 to 1979, he was Professor of Arabic and Islamic studies at the University of Edinburgh.
Watt was one ...
, the most common version of the event states that the motives of the Banu Lahyan for attacking Muslims, was that the Banu Lahyan wanted to get revenge for the
assassination of their chief at Muhammad's instigation. So they bribed the two tribes of Khuzaymah to say they wanted to convert to Islam. Watt also said that the seven men Muhammad sent may have been spies for Muhammad and instructors for Arab tribes. He also said that it is difficult to verify the exact date the assassination of their chief took place.
Migration to Iraq
The Banu Asad migrated to Iraq in the 7th century and settled in Kufa. They have settled near the banks of the
Euphrates
The Euphrates () is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia. Tigris–Euphrates river system, Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia ( ''the land between the rivers'') ...
river near Kufa and Karbala and have also settled in Basra and in Ahvaz, sharing land with the
Banu Tamim
Banū Tamīm ( ar, بَنُو تَمِيم) is an Arab tribe that originated in Najd in the Arabian Peninsula. It is mainly present in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, Algeria, and has a strong presence in Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia ...
. The Bani Assad sided with Ali in the
Battle of the Camel. Many
companions of Muhammad
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Relationships Currently
* Any of several interpersonal relationships such as friend or acquaintance
* A domestic partner, akin to a spouse
* Sober companion, an addiction treatment coach
* Companion (caregiving), a caregive ...
and Ali are from the Bani Assad. The Bani Assad tribe sided with
Husayn ibn Ali
Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, أبو عبد الله الحسين بن علي بن أبي طالب; 10 January 626 – 10 October 680) was a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a son of Ali ibn Abi ...
in the
Battle of Karbala
The Battle of Karbala ( ar, مَعْرَكَة كَرْبَلَاء) was fought on 10 October 680 (10 Muharram in the year 61 AH of the Islamic calendar) between the army of the second Umayyad Caliph Yazid I and a small army led by Husayn ...
, which took place on
Muharram
Muḥarram ( ar, ٱلْمُحَرَّم) (fully known as Muharram ul Haram) is the first month of the Islamic calendar. It is one of the four sacred months of the year when warfare is forbidden. It is held to be the second holiest month after ...
10th, 61
AH (October 9 or 10, 680 CE) in Karbala, Iraq.
[Karbala: Chain of events Section - The Battle](_blank)
/ref> Many martyrs from the Bani Assad clan died with Husayn in the Battle of Karbala.
The Mazyadid emirate of the Banu Asad
In 998, Ali ben Mazyad, leader of the Baniu Asad tribe, established a virtually independent Mazyadid state in the Kufa area of Iraq. Backed by a powerful tribal army, the Mazyadids enjoyed great influence in the area for a century and a half. They acquired titles and subsidies from the Buyids
The Buyid dynasty ( fa, آل بویه, Āl-e Būya), also spelled Buwayhid ( ar, البويهية, Al-Buwayhiyyah), was a Shia Iranian dynasty of Daylamite origin, which mainly ruled over Iraq and central and southern Iran from 934 to 1062. Coup ...
in return for military services. Their most lasting achievement was the founding of Hillah, one of the main cities in Iraq, which became their capital in 1012. The originator of the Mazyadid name was a scholar, hadith narrator and chemist called Mazyad ben Mikhled al Sadaqa. Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani
Muhammad ibn Hamed Isfahani (1125 – 20 June 1201) ( fa, محمد ابن حامد اصفهانی), more popularly known as Imad ad-din al-Isfahani ( fa, عماد الدین اصفهانی) ( ar, عماد الدين الأصفهاني), was ...
commented about the Mazyadid rulers, saying:
Members of the Bani Assad clan outside Iraq
Mansour Moosa Al-Mazeedi played an important role in developing the Constitution of Kuwait
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issued on January 29, 1963 as part of ''Al Majles Al Ta'sesy'' or Founding Parliament.[Amiri Diwan, ''The Efforts of the Constituent Assembly'', State of Kuwait 2006]
The Al Mazeedi family are Shia in Iraq, dramatically increasing the influence of Shia minorities in Arabia. And there are also Al Mazeedi Shia families in Kuwait as well as Sunni. Recently it was discovered that some Al-Mazeedi family members migrated to Yemen a few hundred years ago and settled in the region of Hadhramaut. Their tribal name is Al-Mazyad or Banu Asad, their surnames or their family names is Assadi, Al-Assadi, or Al-Mazeedi, some (about 1,000) were also found in Oman and in India, primarily in the state of Karnataka
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with ancestral concentration in a place called Thokur
Thokur (Thokuru or Thokooru in Tulu) is a locality of Mangalore city in Karnataka State in India
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, a village in Mangalore
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. A group of Sunni Muslims having Assadi as surname arrived at the Mangalore Port during the rule of Tipu Sultan
Tipu Sultan (born Sultan Fateh Ali Sahab Tipu, 1 December 1751 – 4 May 1799), also known as the Tiger of Mysore, was the ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore based in South India. He was a pioneer of rocket artillery.Dalrymple, p. 243 He i ...
. These Persian
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** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
speaking sailors claimed their ancestry from Banu Assad
Banu Asad ibn Khuzaymah ( ar, ابن أسد بن خزيمة ) is an Arab tribe. They are Adnanite Arabs, powerful and one of the most famous tribes. They are widely respected by many Arab tribes, respected by Shia Muslims because they have burie ...
. They built a Community center by name Thokur Jamia Masjid in Thokur village of Mangalore
Mangalore (), officially known as Mangaluru, is a major port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghats about west of Bangalore, the state capital, 20 km north of Karnataka–Ker ...
.
Fatalities from the Banu Asad in the Battle of Karbala
Habib ibn Muzahir
Ḥabīb ibn Muẓāhir al-Asadī ( ar, حبيب بن مظاهر الأسدي, translit=Ḥabīb ibn Muẓāhir al-Asadī) was of the Banu Asad clan, and one of the companions of Ali, Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali. He was one of the people of ...
(commander of the left flank), Muslim ibn Awsaja al-Asadi, Uns ibn Hars Asadi, Qais ibn Masher Asadi, Abu Samama Umru ibn Abdullah, Ureer Hamdani, Hanala ibn Asad, Abis Shakri, Abdul Rahman Rahbi, Saif ibn Hars, Amer ibn Abdellah Hamdani.
Burials
On the 13th of Muharram, three days after the massacre, members of the Banu Asad in Karbala had the honor of burying the bodies of Husayn, his family and their companions. The Banu Ad tribe is widely respected by other Shia Arab tribes. Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin, the 4th Twelver Shia Imam
Imam (; ar, إمام '; plural: ') is an Islamic leadership position. For Sunni Muslims, Imam is most commonly used as the title of a worship leader of a mosque. In this context, imams may lead Islamic worship services, lead prayers, ser ...
, helped the Banu Asad tribe to bury the martyred bodies and helped them to identify the bodies of Husayn ibn Ali, his father, and the Ahl al-Bayt and their companions.
Clans
All clans are related which goes back to the same tribe or ancestor of Asad.
*Al-Taraihi
*Al-Khayoon tribe
**Al-Hassan
**Al-Jayyid
**Al-Janaah
**Al-Sheikh
*Bani Askari tribe
**Al-Abdul Ameer
**Al-A'beed
**Al-Sheikh Ali
**Al-Sh'haab
*Al-Wanis tribe
**Al-Freeh
**Al-Khaitan
**Al-Badir
**Al-Ghaithan
**Al-Jasim
**Al-Sh'haf
**Al-Tarshaan
**Al-Hamad
**Al-Khamees
*Al-Abbas tribe
**Al-Bu Sodah
**Al-Bu Sidyo
**Al-Bu Zahroon
*Al-Haddad tribe
**Al-Rasheeda
**Al-Mas'ood
**Al-Sajiyah
**Al-Shneen
**Al-Awaad
**Al-Hjool
**Al-Hlool
*Al-Aneesa (Anisa) tribe
**Al-Sahr
**Al-Ataab
**Al-Sweenij
*Al-Abdallah tribe
**Al-Sawaad
**Al-Finjaan
**Al-Bu Ayaash
**Al-Hajj Sari
**Al-Makhyour
**Al-Oweeti
**Al-Hjemeen
**Al-Rofah (Raufah)
**Al-Sawari
**Al-Dilfeen
**Al-Khazaam
**Al-Saleh Khalawi Jabr
**Al-Rahi
**Al-Sidyo
*Al-Mawajid tribe
**Al-Eisa
**Al-Hwaichim (Huwaijim)
**Al-Hajji
**Al-Ta'ama Nasir
**Al-Shjreeji
*Al-Khalisi tribe
**Al-bu Mahdi
**Al-bu Ali
**Al-Sabayigh
*Al-Khatir tribe
**Al-Aziz
**Al-Sheikh Mohammed
**Al-Sheikh La'eebi Jabir
**Al-Bazoon
**Al-Jam'iyat
**Al-Bdeer
**Al Abeidallah
**Al-Khazzam
**Al-Bu Sedwear
**Al-Sawari
**Al-Sari
**Al-Bu Makhyour
**Bani Mushrif (includes many clans)
**Al-Hilal
**Al-Mazeedi (includes clans)
**Bani Kahel (includes clans)
**Al-Nawashi
**Al-Hul
**Al Reyoufa
**Al-Bu Hmael
**Al-Terrhiyoun
**Al-Kammouna
**Al-Shibeebi
**Al-Hmaed
**Al-Baghdadi
**Al-Ghamaas
**Al-Jaza'iri
**Bayram
.
*There are Sayyids who have joined the Bani Assad tribe, in southern Iraq many centuries ago
*There are more tribes and clans of Banu Asad
Leading personalities
* Dhiraar bin Al-Azwar
*Tulayha
Tulayha ibn Khuwaylid ibn Nawfal al-Asadi ( ar, طليحة بن خويلد بن نوفل الأسدي) was a wealthy Arab clan chief and military commander during the time of Muhammad; he belonged to the Banu Asad ibn Khuzaymah tribe.
In 625 he ...
See also
*List of battles of Muhammad
__NOTOC__
The list of expeditions of Muhammad includes the expeditions undertaken by the Muslim community during the lifetime of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Some sources use the word ''ghazwa'' and a related plural ''maghazi'' in a narrow techn ...
References
Other sources
* Wiesenhöfer, Josef. ''Ancient Persia''. pages 231 to 235. .
Bani Assad in Ashura
* https://web.archive.org/web/20170330190328/http://al-hakawati.net/english/Culture_Traditions/bani_asad.asp
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