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| Banu Bakr بنو بكر | |
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| Rabi'aite Arab tribe | |
| Location | Ancient Arabia |
| Descended from | Bakr bin Wael bin Qasit bin Hinb bin Afsa bin Du'mi bin Jadila bin Asad bin Rabi'a bin Nizar |
| Parent tribe | Rabi'a ibn Nizar |
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| Religion | Islam |
The Banu Bakr bin Wa'il (Arabic: بنو بكر بن وائل Banū Bakr ibn Wā'il), or simply Banu Bakr, today known as Bani Bakr an Arabian tribe belonging to the large Rabi'ah, a branch of Adnanite tribe. The tribe is reputed to have engaged in a 40-year war before Islam with its cousins from Taghlib, known as the War of Basous. The pre-Islamic poet, Tarafah was a Bakry.