Banu Hamdan
| Banu Hamdan بنو همدان | |
|---|---|
| Qahtanite | |
.png) Banner of Banu Hamdan | |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Nisba | Al-Hamdani |
| Location | Yemen |
| Descended from | Hamdan |
| Branches | Banu Yam, Banu Kathir, Banu Al-Mashrouki |
| Religion | Paganism, later Islam |
Banu Hamdan (Template:Lang-ar; Musnad: 𐩠𐩣𐩵𐩬) is a well known Sabaean clan that dates back to the 1st millennium BCE. The clan is located in Yemen. It was mentioned in Sabaic inscriptions as qayls of Hashid, who later acquired control over a part of Bakil and finally gave their clan name to tribal confederations including Hashid and Bakil.[1]
Hamdan branches
Hashid and Bakil
Today still in the same ancient tribal form in Yemen Hashid and Bakil of Hamdan remained in the highlands North of Sana'a between Marib and Hajjah.
Banu Yam
Banu Yam settled to the North of Bakil in Najran (today in Saudi Arabia). It also branched into the tribes: the 'Ujman of eastern Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf coast.
Banu Kathir
Banu Kathir from Hadramut in the East of Yemen where they established their own sultanate.
Banu Al-Mashrouki
Banu Al-Mashrouki settled in Lebanon producing well known Maronite influential families such as the Awwad, Massa'ad, Al-Sema'ani, Hasroun.[2]
Banu Al Harith remained in Jabal Amil and were mainly Shia. A smaller group joined the Yemeni Druze and were eventually pushed by Kaysi Druze to Jabal Al Druze in Syria.
Bibliography
References
- ^ Andrey Korotayev. Pre-Islamic Yemen. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 1996. ISBN 3-447-03679-6. P.139.
- ^ [1] Archived 2007-11-22 at the Wayback Machine Al-Mashrouki in Hasroun
- Almsaodi, Abdulaziz. Modern history of Yemen
- Power and Interest News Report
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