Banu Uqayl
Banu Uqayl (
The Banu 'Amir confederation of tribes had their original homeland in the western
The Uqaylids were among the last to leave, settling on the banks of the
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
Notable people
Among the tribe's members are:
- Ishaq ibn Muslim al-Uqayli, Umayyad commander and governor of Arminiya
- Layla al-Akhyaliyya, Umayyad Classical poet
- Muhammad ibn al-Musayyab, chieftain and Founder of Uqaylid Emirate
- Ibn Mulhim, Fatimid commander and governor of Aleppo
See also
- Tribes of Arabia
- Banu 'Amir
Further reading
- Caskel, W. (1960). "ʿĀmir b. Ṣaʿṣaʿa". In OCLC 495469456.
- Kindermann, H. (2002). "ʿUḳayl". In ISBN 978-90-04-12756-2.
- Rentz, G. (1965). "D̲j̲abrids". In OCLC 495469475.