Banu Hudhayl

Banu Hudhayl is an Arab tribe that originated in the Hejaz. The tribe mainly inhabits Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Jordan and Egypt. The tribe was one of the tribes in contact with the Islamic prophet Muhammad and they are known throughout history for their talented poets and intellectuals.
Ancestry
The tribe traces a genealogical history backwards from their eponymous ancestor to Adam:
Hudhayl son of Madrakah son of Ilyas (Elijah) son of Madher son of Nazar son of Ma'ad son of Adnan son of Add son of Send son of Napyot son of Ishmael son of Abraham son of Azar (Terah) son of Nahor son of Srooj son of Ra'o son of Phaleg son of Aber son of Shaleh son of Arpheckshad son of Sam son of Noah son of Lamek son of Motoshaleh son of Edres (Enoch) son of Yared son of Mehlaiel son of Qenan son of Anosh son of Seth son of Adam
Branches
Banu Hudhayl are divided in two branches: Lihyan ibn Hudhayl and Sa'ad ibn Hudhayl.
Lihyan ibn Hudhayl
The descendants of Lihyan ibn Hudhayl who founded the Arab kingdom of Lihyan, and presently live in the desert between Mecca and Ta'if. They are now divided into two clans:
Mohrez, subdivided into
Alhosianat
Aldhban
Almosah
Marer, subdivided into
Albatahah
Almasaibah
Alnegimah
Aloodah
Sa'ad ibn Hudhayl
There are presently four descendent clans of Sa'ad ibn Hudhayl:
Beni, subdivided into
Banu Omair
Banu Mas'od
Banu Mohaiya
Banu Nobatah
Fleet, subdivided into
Al-Hatareshah
Al-Afran
Al-Eyad
Hudhayl Albogom
Banu Reshah
Al-Matarefah
Al-Sa'iedah
Al-Moatan
Zohair, subdivided into
Al-Srawnah
Da'ad
Sahelah
Zolayfah.
Jamil, subdivided into
Alqarh
Al-Mahmud
Al-Kedwa (also known as Alkedawi)
Al-Sawalima
Al-Kabakiba
Beni kaeb
Bani yas
Bani zayd
Banu ziad
Al-Hasasana
Al zalifa
Alshaeabin
Altalahat
Al khalid
Albaqla
Al hamid
Al zaydan
Sahila
Aleabida
Aljawabira
Alnnjb
Arabian tribes that interacted with Muhammad
Banu Kinanah
Quraish
Banu Sulaym
Banu Tamim
Bani Asad
Banu Thaqif
Hawazin
Ghatafan
Known members
Abdullah bin Masud, a companion of Muhammad
Al-Masudi, Abbasid historian
Adel Al-Jubeir, Saudi diplomat and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
Ubayd-Allah ibn Abd-Allah, Hadith narrator
Sinan ibn Salamah ibn Mohbik, Umayyad general and governor of Sindh
Aboul-Qacem Echebbi, Tunisian Poet
Abū Dhuʾayb al-Hudhalī, poet contemporary of Muhammad
Notes
Further reading
History Ibn Khaldun
History Ibn al-Athir
History Ibn Hisham
History Al-Hamdani
History Ibn Ishaq
Kinship and marriage in early Arabia by \ Smith W. Robertson
A universal history, from the earliest accounts to the present time by \ Universal
The Koran, Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mohammed by George Sale, Savary
A Short History of the Arabs by \ Francesco Gabrieli, Salvator Attanasio
The March from Medina by \ John Walter Jandora
Muhammad by \ Muhammad Zafrulla Khan
Mohammed and the Rise of Islam by \ D. S. Margoliouth
History of Arabia, Ancient and Modern by \ Andrew Crichton
External links
https://web.archive.org/web/20080316215832/http://www.hathailly.com/vb/showthread.php?t=11324
http://lahyan.net/vb/archive/index.php/t-24.html
http://www.tmeme.com/vb/showthread.php?t=342
https://web.archive.org/web/20080403064904/http://www.thearabhistory.com/mudar
Arabian tribes that interacted with Muhammad
http://sirah.al-islam.com/SearchDisp.asp?ID=113&SearchText=هذيل%20بن%20مدركة&SearchType=root&Scope=all&Offset=20&SearchLevel=QBE
http://sirah.al-islam.com/SearchDisp.asp?ID=1672&SearchText=هذيل%20بن%20مدركة&SearchType=root&Scope=all&Offset=20&SearchLevel=QBE
https://web.archive.org/web/20100222125145/http://sirah.al-islam.com/tree.asp?ID=1&t=book2
https://web.archive.org/web/20080309174242/http://sirah.al-islam.com/Display.asp?f=rwd1012
https://web.archive.org/web/20100122083326/http://sirah.al-islam.com/Display.asp?f=rwd1014
https://books.google.com/books?id=baw9AAAAIAAJ&dq=Lihyan&pg=PA155
https://books.google.com/books?id=CR9iAgUwmTEC&pg=PA338&dq=Lihyan&lr=
https://books.google.com/books?id=SLvnnT31Du0C&dq=%22Hodhail%22&pg=PA230
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/J1arabproject/default.aspx
https://web.archive.org/web/20090208095900/http://whitebook.com/p_1_en.htm
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