Jassas ibn Murrah al-Shaybani al-Bakri | |
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Chief of Banu Shayban | |
Reign | Ended in c. 534 CE |
Died | c. 530s CE Arabian Peninsula |
House | Banu Shayban, a division from the Banu Bakr |
Religion | South Arabian polytheism |
Jassas ibn Murrah al-Shaybani al-Bakri (Arabic: جساس بن مرة الشيباني البكري) was a pre-Islamic tribal chief of the Banu Shayban, a division of the Banu Bakr tribe. He is best remembered for his assassination of the chief of the Taghlib tribe, Kulaib ibn Rabiah, which sparked the 40-year conflict known as the Basus War.