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The Hawazin ( / ALA-LC: Hawāzin) were an Arab tribe originally based in the western Najd and around Ta'if in the Hejaz. They formed part of the larger Qays tribal group. The Hawazin consisted of the subtribes of Banu Sa'd, and Banu Jusham, as well as the powerful Banu Thaqif and Banu Amir, which were both often counted separately from the Hawazin.

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Tribe.name
Hawazin ()
Tribe.type
Qaysi, Adnanite, Ishmaelite
Tribe.image
Hawazin Flag (20).png
Tribe.image_size
170px
Tribe.caption
Banner of the Hawazin at the Battle of Siffin
Tribe.nisba
al-Hawazini (الهوازني)
Tribe.location
Hejaz
Tribe.descended
Hawazin ibn Mansur ibn Ikrima ibn Khasafa ibn Qays ʿAylān ibn Mudar ibn Nizar ibn Ma'add ibn Adnan.
Tribe.parent_tribe
Qays
Tribe.branches
Banu Sa'd Banu Jusham Banu Thaqif Banu 'Amir
Tribe.religion
Polytheism (Pre-Islam) Islam (Post Islam)

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  • Pre-Islamic era
  • Islamic era
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The Hawazin ( / ALA-LC: Hawāzin) were an Arab tribe originally based in the western Najd and around Ta'if in the Hejaz. They formed part of the larger Qays tribal group. The Hawazin consisted of the subtribes of Banu Sa'd, and Banu Jusham, as well as the powerful Banu Thaqif and Banu Amir, which were both often counted separately from the Hawazin.

The tribe often clashed with their one-time patrons, the Ghatafan, and on occasion, sub-tribes of the Hawazin fought each other. The tribe had little contact with the Islamic prophet Muhammad until 630 when they were defeated by Muhammad's forces at the Battle of Hunayn. The Hawazin tribe were one of the first to rebel and fight against the early Muslim state based in Medina during the Ridda wars, which followed Muhammad's death in 632.

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