Banu Hudhayl

Banu Hudhayl (بنو هذيل) is an Arab tribe that originated in the Hejaz. The tribe mainly inhabits Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Jordan and Egypt. The tribe was one of the tribes in contact with the Islamic prophet Muhammad and they are known throughout history for their talented poets and intellectuals, as well as their help in repelling the Qarmatians in the 10th-century Sack of Mecca.

Ancestry
The tribe traces a genealogical history backwards from their eponymous ancestor to Adam:

Hudhayl son of Madrakah son of Ilyas (Elijah) son of Madher son of Nazar son of Ma'ad son of Adnan son of Add son of Send son of Napyot son of Ishmael son of Abraham   son of Azar   (Terah) son of Nahor son of Srooj son of Ra'o son of Phaleg  son of Aber son of Shaleh   son of Arpheckshad son of Sam son of Noah son of Lamek son of Motoshaleh son of Edres (Enoch) son of Yared son of Mehlaiel son of Qenan son of Anosh son of Seth son of Adam

Branches


Banu Hudhayl are divided in two branches: Lihyan ibn Hudhayl and Sa'ad ibn Hudhayl.

Lihyan ibn Hudhayl
The descendants of Lihyan ibn Hudhayl who founded the Arab kingdom of Lihyan, and presently live in the desert between Mecca and Ta'if. They are now divided into two clans:


 * Mohrez, subdivided into
 * Alhosianat
 * Aldhban
 * Almosah
 * Marer, subdivided into
 * Albatahah
 * Almasaibah
 * Alnegimah
 * Aloodah

Sa'ad ibn Hudhayl
There are presently four descendent clans of Sa'ad ibn Hudhayl:
 * Beni, subdivided into
 * Banu Omair
 * Banu Mas'od
 * Banu Mohaiya
 * Banu Nobatah
 * Fleet, subdivided into
 * Al-Hatareshah
 * Al-Afran
 * Al-Eyad
 * Hudhayl Albogom
 * Banu Reshah
 * Al-Matarefah
 * Al-Sa'iedah
 * Al-Moatan
 * Zohair, subdivided into
 * Al-Srawnah
 * Da'ad
 * Sahelah
 * Zolayfah.
 * Jamil, subdivided into
 * Alqarh
 * Al-Mahmud
 * Al-Kedwa (also known as Alkedawi)
 * Al-Sawalima
 * Al-Kabakiba
 * Beni kaeb
 * Bani yas
 * Bani zayd
 * Banu ziad
 * Al-Hasasana
 * Al zalifa
 * Alshaeabin
 * Altalahat
 * Al khalid
 * Albaqla
 * Al hamid
 * Al zaydan
 * Sahila
 * Aleabida
 * Aljawabira
 * Alnnjb

Arabian tribes that interacted with Muhammad

 * Banu Kinanah
 * Quraish
 * Banu Sulaym
 * Banu Tamim
 * Bani Asad
 * Banu Thaqif
 * Hawazin
 * Ghatafan

Known members

 * Abdullah bin Masud, a companion of Muhammad
 * Al-Masudi, Abbasid historian
 * Adel Al-Jubeir, Saudi diplomat and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
 * Ubayd-Allah ibn Abd-Allah, Hadith narrator
 * Sinan ibn Salamah ibn Mohbik, Umayyad general and governor of Sindh
 * Aboul-Qacem Echebbi, Tunisian Poet
 * Abū Dhuʾayb al-Hudhalī, poet contemporary of Muhammad