Banu Uqayl

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Banu Uqayl (

Banu 'Amir
confederation.

The Banu 'Amir confederation of tribes had their original homeland in the western

prophet of Islam Muhammad. During the Abbasid Caliphate, most of the Banu 'Amir moved from the Najd into Iraq and Syria
.

The Uqaylids were among the last to leave, settling on the banks of the

nomadic. When the Uqaylid dynasty fell, three large Uqaylid tribes, the Khafaja, the Ubadah, and al-Muntafiq, settled in Lower Mesopotamia
, and remain there to the present day.

Another section of the Uqayl, possibly coming from Iraq, according to ibn Khaldun, took over the deserts of eastern Arabia, around al-Ahsa Oasis. There they allied themselves with the Qarmatians, like many other Banu Amir groups. The Qarmatians fell to the Uyunid dynasty, a sedentary Arab clan from al-Hasa, in 1076. In the mid-13th centuries, one Uqaylid clan leader, Usfur ibn Rashid, deposed the Uyunids, and founded the Usfurids, which lasted until 1330. The area was then taken over by the Shi'i Jarwanid dynasty based in Qatif.

The most powerful Uqaylid dynasty, however, were the

Bani Khalid
, who eventually took control of the region after the Jabrids. The Bani Khalid tribe itself is believed to be partly of Uqaylid origin.

Notable people

Among the tribe's members are:

See also

Further reading

  • Caskel, W. (1960). "ʿĀmir b. Ṣaʿṣaʿa". In
    OCLC 495469456
    .
  • Kindermann, H. (2002). "ʿUḳayl". In .
  • Rentz, G. (1965). "D̲j̲abrids". In
    OCLC 495469475
    .