Banu Dhubyan

The Banu Dhubyān
(Arabic: بَنُو ذُبيَان)
Ghatafani, Qaysi
Descended fromDhubyān ibn Baghīd ibn Rayth ibn Ghaṭafān ibn Saʾd ibn Qays ʿAylān ibn Mudar ibn Nizar ibn Ma'ad ibn Adnan.
Parent tribeGhatafan
BranchesBanu Fazara
Banu Murra
Banu Tha’laba[1]
ReligionChristianity (pre 630s)
Islam (post 630s)

Dhubyan or Banu Dhubyan (Arabic: بَنُو ذُبيَان) are an Arabian tribe of Ghatafan branch, one of the Adnani branches. Banu Dhubyan inhabited the Hijaz region.[2]

  1. ^ Ibn Jarir, Tabari (1997). The History of al-Tabari Vol. 8: The Victory of Islam: Muhammad at Medina. State University of New York Press. p. 93. ISBN 9780791431504.
  2. ^ Andalusi, Ibn Saa'd. Nashwat al-Tarb Fi Tarikh Jahiliyat al-Arab (in Arabic). pp. 471–498.