Banu Nawfal

Banu Nawfal
(Arabic: بنو نوفل)
Qurayshi / Adnanite Arab Tribe
NisbaAl-Nawfal
(النوفل)
LocationWestern Arabian Peninsula, especially in Mecca (present-day Saudi Arabia)
Descended fromNawfal ibn Abd Manaf
ReligionIslam

Banu Nawfal (Arabic: بنو نوفل) is a notable Arabic sub-clan of the Quraish tribe. Its progenitor is Nawfal ibn Abd Manaf.[1]

Chief: Mut`im ibn ‘Adi[2]

  1. ^ The History of al Tabari : Vol. 39 : Biographies of the Prophet's Companions and Their Successors: al-Tabari's Supplement to His History Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ A Restatement of the History of Islam and Muslims chapter "Muhammad's Visit to Ta'if" quoting John Bagot Glubb's The Life and Times of Mohammed on Al-islam.org