- The
Ghaṭafān (Arabic: غطفان) were an Arab
tribal confederation originally based northeast of Medina. The main
branches of the
Ghatafan were the tribes...
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Jewish tribes. As Muhammad's army
began to
march on Khaybar, the Banu
Ghatafan and
other Jewish-allied
Arabian tribes did not, or
could not, send the...
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gathered a
confederate force of
between 7,500 and 10,000 men,
including Banu
Ghatafan, Banu Sulaym, and Banu Asad. Muhammad,
having learned of the impending...
- The
major constituent tribes or
tribal groupings of the Qays were the
Ghatafan, Hawazin, Amir, Thaqif, Sulaym, Ghani,
Bahila and Muharib. Many of these...
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Allah ibn
Ghatafan. It is said that when her husband, Lu'ayy ibn
Ghalib died, she went back with her son 'Awf to her own
tribe (Banu
Ghatafan) and married...
- Fazāra ibn Dhubyān ibn Baghīḍ ibn
Rayth ibn
Ghaṭafān. Thus the
tribe belonged to the
Dhubyan branch of the
Ghatafan tribe,
making the
Fazara a
north Arabian...
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contingent of
Tulayha ibn
Khuwaylid led by
Hibal ibn Khuwailid,; the Banu
Ghatafan, the Banu Hawazin, and the Tayy went to meet Abu Bakr As-Siddiq. Upon their...
- 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...
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Khalid bested the Asad–
Ghatafan forces in battle. When
Tulayha appeared close to defeat, the
Fazara section of the
Ghatafan under their chief Uyayna...
- the
Quraysh advance, and
Muhammad conducted secret negotiations with the
Ghatafan to
induce distrust among his enemies.
Unfavorable weather eventually caused...
