Banu Bakr
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| Banu Bakr بنو بكر | |
|---|---|
Ancient Arabia | |
| Descended from | Bakr bin Wael bin Qasit bin Hinb bin Afsa bin Du'mi bin Jadila bin Asad bin Rabi'a bin Nizar |
| Parent tribe | Rabi'a ibn Nizar |
| Branches |
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| Religion | Islam |
The Banu Bakr bin Wa'il (
Tarafah
was a member of Bakr.
Bakr's original lands were in Najd, in central Arabia, but most of the tribe's bedouin sections migrated northwards immediately before Islam, and settled in the area of Upper Mesopotamia, on the upper Euphrates. The region of Diyar Bakr, and later the city of Diyarbakır in southern Turkey, take their names from this tribe.[1][2]
The tribe is distinct from the tribe of
.History
Muhammad's era
During the Islamic Prophet Muhammad's era the Banu Bakr tribe was involved in various military conflicts.
Branches
The following are some of the related and sub-tribes of Bakr ibn Wa'il in the pre-Islamic and early-Islamic eras:
- Adnanite, Hejaz or "Northwestern Arabian" (Northern Arabian Red Sea coast)
- Al-Jazira, Mesopotamia
- Bakr ibn Wa'il, Al-Yamama, bedouin sections migrated before Islam to Diyar Bakr in Al-Jazira.
- Banu Hanifa - mostly sedentary, were the principal tribe of Al-Yamama.
- claimed descent from this tribe.
- Tarafahwere among its members.
- Arabia, was a member of Yashkur.
- .
- Banu Dhuhal
- Abdul Qays
- Anazzah
- Bakr ibn Wa'il, Al-Yamama, bedouin sections migrated before Islam to Diyar Bakr in Al-Jazira.
In eastern Najd:
- Taghlib ibn Wa'il, migrated northwards to the Jazirah plain in northern Mesopotamia in the 6th century.
- Anz ibn Wa'il
- al-Nammir ibn Qasit
References
- ^ Trudy Ring, Noelle Watson, Paul Schellinger. 1995. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Vol. 3 Southern Europe. Routledge. P 190.
- ^ Canard, M., Cahen, Cl., Yinanç, Mükrimin H., and Sourdel-Thomine, J. ‘Diyār Bakr’. Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Ed. P. Bearman et al. Brill Reference Online. Web. 16 Nov. 2019. Accessed on 16 November 2019.
