Banu Sa'd ibn Zayd Manat

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Banu Sa'd ibn Zayd Manat
بنو سعد بن زيد منات
Adnanite Arabs
Banner of Banu Sa'd ibn Zayd Manat
EthnicityArab
NisbaAl-Sa'di
LocationArabian Peninsula
Descended fromSa'd ibn Zayd Manat
ReligionPaganism, later Islam

Banu Sa'd ibn Zayd Manat (

Arabic: بنو سعد بن زيد مناة) is a pre-Islamic Arab tribe. It is considered one of the main three branches of Tamim, the other two are Banu Hanzalah and 'Amr ibn Tamim.[1]

Ancestry

The tribe members trace their lineage to Sa'd ibn Zayd Manat ibn Tamim ibn Murr ibn 'Id ibn Amr ibn Ilyas ibn

.

Sa'd ibn Zayd Manat had seven sons: Ka'b, 'Amr, al-Harith, 'Awafa, Jashm, Malik and 'Abshams.[2]

There are also sub-clans to the Banu Sa'd ibn Zayd Manat:

  • Banu al-Haram
  • Banu Hamman
  • Banu al-A'raj
  • Banu Qurai'
  • Banu Bahdala
  • Banu Barniq
  • Banu 'Utarid

History

A popular Arabic proverb seems to revolve around the progenitor of this tribe, Sa'd ibn Zayd Manat:

أوردها سعدٌ وسعدٌ مشتمل ما هكذا تورد يا سعد الإبل

"Sa'd watered them, but was still wearing his cloak. Camels are not to be watered thus, O Sa'd."

it is Malik, Sa'd's brother who said it. Because Sa'd did not take good care of the camels left to him to attend by his brother who was busy with his marriage.[3]

See also

References

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  2. ^ Ibn Hazm. Jamharat Ansab al-'Arab (in Arabic). ktab INC.
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