User:Wm2252/Bani Malik tribe

Bani Malik tribe بني مالك (The sons of Malik) are progeny of the famous knight Malik Al-Ashtar Al-Nakhie who fought with Ali lbn (son of) Abi ( father of) Talib, the cousin of prophet Mohammad. Bani Malik comprise the following tribes:

1. Al- Ali(tribe)

2. Al- Faraj

3. Al- Ismail

4. Al-Awabid

5. Al-Humaidat

6. Al- Ibrahim

7. Bani Rzaij

8. Bani Hasan (Bani Hesan)

A hyphenated AL(AL-) means THE if it is prefixed to the tribe name but means THE SON OF... if prefixed to the person name, while the plain AL (آل ) and Bani (بني ) or Albu (ألبو )mean the plural (the sons of).Their great ancestor is Qahtan قحطان ( the father of the south Arabian Arabs who are the aboriginal stock of the Arabian peninsula). Qahtan is called Joktan in the old testament. Qahtan is one of the two great fathers of all the Arab tribes, the other being Adnan عد نان ( offspring of Ishmael the son of prophet Abraham, the father of the north Arabicized Arabs who are the naturalized stock of the peninsula). Bani Malik are an offshoot of the bigger tribe called Khuza'a ( خزاعة ) named after Khuza’a (Haritha) Ibn Amr Ibn Muzaqiba of AI-Azd the major Qahtani tribe. Khuza'a tribe fought with prophet Muhammad against the pagans and infidels, Banu Bakr to conquer Mecca and this has been mentioned and blessed in a verse in the Holy Quran ( Al-Tawba-14). Sulaiman Bin Kuthayer who is one of the Abbasid supporters is from Bani Malik. He was later killed by Abu-Muslim AI-Khurasani a dissident Persian outlaw. Bani Malik lived on the eastern bank of Euphrates river in AI-Diwanyiah district in the middle part of Iraq. Their territory was from AI-Diwanylah in the north to AI-Rumaitha to the south. The area was named after their name. Rivers irrigated the area; AI-Rafi, AI-Yusufyia and AI-Lawah. In 1900 when these rivers dried up they moved to the area around AI-Hindyiah branch of Euphrates river, which was dug by Asif AI-Dawla AI-Hindi at 1205 A.H (After Hijra) =1845 AD.