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Maysun bint
Bahdal (Arabic: ميسون بنت بحدل, romanized: Maysūn bint
Baḥdal) was a wife of
caliph Mu'awiya I (r. 661–680), and as
mother of his successor...
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Bahdal ibn
Unayf al-Kalbi (Arabic: بحدل بن أنيف الكلبي, romanized:
Baḥdal ibn ʿUnayf al-Kalbī; died c. 650s) was the
preeminent chief of the Banu Kalb...
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Malik ibn
Bahdal al-Kalbi (Arabic: حسان بن مالك بن بحدل الكلبي, romanized: Ḥ****ān ibn Mālik ibn
Baḥdal al-Kalbī,
commonly known as Ibn
Bahdal (Arabic:...
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summit of pro-Umayyad
tribes in Jabiya. The
tribal nobility, led by Ibn
Bahdal of the Banu Kalb,
elected Marwan and
together they
defeated the pro-Zubayrid...
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historian Julius Wellhausen. Mu'awiya
relied on the
powerful Kalbite chief Ibn
Bahdal and the
Kindite nobleman Shurahbil ibn Simt
alongside the Quray****e commanders...
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largely due to the
machinations of
Bahdal's grandson, H****an ibn
Malik ibn
Bahdal, who was
commonly known as 'Ibn
Bahdal'. Mu'awiya II died w****s into his...
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Humayd ibn
Hurayth ibn
Bahdal al-Kalbi (Arabic: حميد بن حريث بن بحدل الكلبي, romanized: Ḥumayd ibn Ḥurayth ibn
Baḥdal al-Kalbī; fl. 683 – 693) was a senior...
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preceding caliphs belonged. Yazid's mother, Maysun, was the
daughter of
Bahdal ibn Unayf, a
chieftain of the
powerful Bedouin tribe of Banu Kalb. She was...
- Syria, Mu'awiya
consolidated ties to the Kalb's
ruling house, the clan of
Bahdal ibn Unayf, by
wedding the latter's
daughter Maysun in c. 650. He also married...
- disobe****. His descendants,
particularly those belonging to the
family of
Bahdal ibn Unayf,
would later hold high
positions under the
Umayyad Caliphate....
