Jassas ibn Murrah

Jassas ibn Murrah al-Shaybani al-Bakri
Chief of Banu Shayban
ReignEnded in c. 534 CE
Diedc. 530s CE
Arabian Peninsula
HouseBanu Shayban, a division from the Banu Bakr
ReligionSouth 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.