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Banu Ghatafan
Also known as Bani Ghatafan
thumb|303x303px|Map of the Arabian Peninsula in 600 AD, showing the various Arab tribes and their areas of settlement. The Lakhmids (yellow) formed an Arab monarchy as clients of the [[Sasanian Empire, while the Ghassanids (red) formed an Arab monarchy as clients of the Roman Empire A map published by the British academic Harold Dixon during World War I, showing the presence of the Arab tribes in West Asia, 1914]] The Ghaṭafān () were an Arab tribal confederation originally based northeast of Medina. The main branches of the Ghatafan were the tribes of Banu Abs, Banu Dhubyan and Ashja'. They w
Key facts
- Tribe.name
- Banu Ghaṭafānبنو غطفان
- Tribe.type
- Qaysite Arab tribe
- Tribe.nisba
- Al-Ghatafani
- Tribe.location
- Arabia
- Tribe.descended
- Ghaṭafān ibn Sa'd ibn Qays
- Tribe.parent_tribe
- Qays
- Tribe.branches
- Rayth Dhubyan Fazara Murra Tha'labah Abs Anmar Ashja'
- Tribe.religion
- Polytheism (pre-630) Islam (post 630)
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- Origins and branches
- Conflict with Muhammad
- List
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
thumb|303x303px|Map of the Arabian Peninsula in 600 AD, showing the various Arab tribes and their areas of settlement. The Lakhmids (yellow) formed an Arab monarchy as clients of the [[Sasanian Empire, while the Ghassanids (red) formed an Arab monarchy as clients of the Roman Empire A map published by the British academic Harold Dixon during World War I, showing the presence of the Arab tribes in West Asia, 1914]] The Ghaṭafān () were an Arab tribal confederation originally based northeast of Medina. The main branches of the Ghatafan were the tribes of Banu Abs, Banu Dhubyan and Ashja'. They were one of the Arab tribes that interacted with Muhammad. They are notable for allying themselves with the Quraysh in the Battle of the Trench.
==Origins and branches== The Ghatafan were a Bedouin tribal grouping that inhabited the Wadi al-Rumma area of Najd between the Hejaz mountains and Jabal Shammar. According to Arab genealogical tradition, the progenitor of the tribe was Ghaṭafān ibn Saʾd ibn Qays ʿAylān, making it a part of the larger Qays tribe. The etymology or meaning of Ghatafan is not known.