Talk:Quda'a

Qudaa and Yaman
To answer the question left in the edit summary, the Quda'a and the Yaman are not the same. The Quda'a, particularly the Banu Kalb, was a major or the major component of the Yaman in Syria and the Syrian army. The Yaman was formed, most likely after Marj Rahit (684) by an alliance between the Quda'a, the Qahtan (Himyar and Hamdan) tribes of Hims which had opposed the Umayyads at Marj Rahit, the Judham of Palestine which had also opposed the Umayyads at Marj Rahit, and the south Arabian tribes allied with the Umayyads at Marj Rahit, such as the Kindah, Ghassan, Tayy, others. Before the formation of the Yaman confederation, the Quda'a most likely were considered part of the north Arabian group of Ma'add until they changed their genealogy to a south Arabian one for political reasons. The alliance was formed in opposition to the Qaysi tribes of Syria and the Jazira. They were later allied with the Taghlib of the Jazira, who formed part of the Rabi'a group (not the Yaman). In Iraq and Khurasan, the Yaman was mainly represented by the Azd and they were allied with the Rabi'a (there represented by the Banu Bakr, the Ijl, others) against the Mudar, mainly represented by the Tamim and the various Qaysi tribes. Probably the most informative source about all of this is:

--Al Ameer (talk) 16:41, 14 January 2021 (UTC)