Banu Khazraj

Banu Khazraj
بنو خزرج
Kahlanite Arab tribe
EthnicityArab
NisbaKhazraji
LocationArab world; Saudi Arabia, Iraq, UAE
Descended fromAl-Khazraj bin Haritha bin Tha'labah bin Amr bin 'Amir bin Haritha bin Tha'labah bin Mazen bin al-Azd
Parent tribeAzd
LanguageArabic
ReligionSunni Islam, Shia Islam

The Banu Khazraj (Arabic: بنو خزرج) is a large Qahtanite Arab tribe. They were also in Medina during Muhammad's era, where they still exist. Banu Khazraj exists in multiple Arab countries including Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.[1]

The Banu Khazraj are a South Arabian Qahtanite tribe that were pressured out of South Arabia as a result of the destruction of the Marib Dam. Along with their cousin tribe, the Aws, they migrated to Yathrib, later known as Medina. [2] [3]

  1. ^ "Iran Is Losing Iraq's Tribes | The Washington Institute". www.washingtoninstitute.org. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  2. ^ Peters, Francis E. (1994). Muhammad and the Origins of Islam. SUNY Press. ISBN 9780791418758.
  3. ^ Watt 1986, p. 771