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Banu Shayban

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45: 225: 166:. Already from pre-Islamic times, the tribe was "celebrated ... for the remarkable quality of its poets, its use of a very pure form of Arabic language and its fighting ardour" (Th. Bianquis), a reputation its members retained into the Islamic period, when histories remark both on their own skills as, and on their patronage of, poets. 402:
The Shayban as a whole are not frequently mentioned in the later centuries, as opposed to its many sub-tribes or splinter groups originating from it. Some Shayban are mentioned in later times in southern Iraq as poets, grammarians and philologists, chief among them the Shaybani
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of Iraq, and again in northern Syria in the late 10th and 11th centuries, after which "the tribe of Shayban as such is less often mentioned, and it is difficult to follow the subsequent fortunes of this highly-fragmented group"
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region in Turkey are tracing their tribal origins back to this tribe. Some families are even claiming descendant from the famous
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played a leading role in the conquest of Iraq. For the most part the Shayban remained active, as in pre-Islamic times, mainly in
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are organized loose and they do not have a Sheikh as a head of their tribe, like it is common in Arab countries.
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The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the 6th to the 11th Century
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in 893. After his death in 898, al-Mu'tadid seized the last possession of the family,
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with success as general, even subduing a Kharijite revolt by his kin
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These prefixes ignored in the alphabetical ordering: Al, Bani, Banu.
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that ruled in Shirvan as autonomous and later independent emirs (
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and his immediate successors, the Shayban were allies of the
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Shayban ibn Tha'labah ibn Akaba ibn Saab ibn Ali ibn
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Harlow: Longman. 189:, but especially in the district of 410:Abu Amr Ishaq ibn Mirar al-Shaybani 363:exploited the chaos following the " 104: 440:line. However the Banu Shayban of 14: 240:) during the early Islamic period 133:wandered according to the seasons 509:Ter-Ghevondyan (1976), pp. 27–28 491:Ter-Ghevondyan (1976), pp. 26–27 228:Al-Jazira and its subdivisions ( 131:, the Shayban with their flocks 43: 326:. He was succeeded by his sons 290:Yazid ibn Mazyad served Caliph 1343:History of Diyarbakır Province 296:al-Walid ibn Tarif al-Shaybani 262:al-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Shaybani 135:, wintering in Jadiyya in the 1: 438:Isa ibn al-Shaykh al-Shaybani 395:, and imprisoned Ahmad's son 353:Isa ibn al-Shaykh al-Shaybani 143:for the summer, ranging from 482:Bianquis (1997), pp. 391–392 285:Ahmad ibn Mazyad al-Shaybani 281:Yazid ibn Mazyad al-Shaybani 250:Shabib ibn Yazid al-Shaybani 518:Kennedy (2004), pp. 181–182 273:Ma'n ibn Za'ida al-Shaybani 1364: 1333:Medieval Upper Mesopotamia 359:in the 860s–880s. His son 18: 1300: 705: 698: 287:, occupied high offices. 179:Muslim conquest of Persia 42: 35: 355:, governor in Syria and 19:Not to be confused with 183:al-Muthanna ibn Haritha 241: 151:and the shores of the 49:Banner of Banu Shayban 442:Southeastern Anatolia 227: 89:Paganism, later Islam 631:Ter-Ghewondyan, Aram 500:Crone (1980), p. 169 256:in the 690s against 60:Al-Shaybani الشيباني 1256:Sa'd ibn Zayd Manat 258:al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf 169:During the time of 861:Bakr ibn Abd Manat 381:Ishaq ibn Kundajiq 365:Anarchy at Samarra 242: 129:pre-Islamic period 117:al-Jazira Province 111:, a branch of the 1310: 1309: 645:Livraria Bertrand 622:978-0-582-40525-7 574:978-90-04-10422-8 532:Bianquis, Thierry 377:Hamdan ibn Hamdun 269:Abbasid Caliphate 254:Najdat Kharijites 246:Umayyad Caliphate 195:Armenian Highland 149:Lower Mesopotamia 145:Upper Mesopotamia 93: 92: 1355: 1328:Tribes of Arabia 684: 677: 670: 661: 656: 641:Nina G. Garsoïan 639:. Translated by 626: 602: 578: 550:Heinrichs, W. 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Lisbon: 563:Volume IX: 448:References 434:Diyar Bakr 428:But still 414:Qarmatians 320:Azerbaijan 230:Diyar Bakr 219:Abu Muslim 213:, such as 203:Azerbaijan 191:Diyar Bakr 164:Banu Tamim 109:Arab tribe 21:Shaybanids 16:Arab tribe 890:Abd-Shams 829:Banu Kanz 735:Banu Asad 653:490638192 633:(1976) . 432:from the 373:Antzitene 308:al-Ma'mun 277:al-Mansur 141:Euphrates 113:Banu Bakr 105:بنو شيبان 37:Adnanites 31:بنو شيبان 1338:Arminiya 1302:Part of 1209:Juhaynah 1087:Tha'laba 1067:Ghatafan 849:Mustaliq 839:Khath'am 804:Al-Haram 725:Banu Amr 609:(2004). 585:(1980). 556:(eds.). 534:(1997). 397:Muhammad 357:Arminiya 332:Muhammad 312:Arminiya 306:against 211:Khurasan 171:Muhammad 107:) is an 86:Religion 65:Location 1348:Rabi`ah 1278:Al Fadl 1251:Hanzala 1199:Balqayn 1172:Muharib 1148:Qushayr 1138:Khafaja 1101:Hawazin 1072:Dhubyan 1055:Taghlib 1038:Shayban 998:Muzayna 961:Madhhaj 947:Khuthir 885:Quraysh 880:Jadhima 844:Khuza'a 809:Hudhayl 765:Khazraj 565:San–Sze 525:Sources 416:in the 324:Shirvan 316:Armenia 302:in the 300:al-Amin 199:Armenia 160:Taghlib 127:In the 123:History 1287:Thamud 1273:Jarrah 1263:Tanukh 1231:Sa'ida 1189:Bahra' 1184:Quda'a 1167:Bahila 1157:Sulaym 1111:Thaqif 1077:Fazara 1028:Hanifa 1013:Anizah 1003:Rabi'a 986:Zubaid 951:Lihyan 907:Hashim 895:Umayya 871:Ghifar 866:Damrah 856:Kinana 834:Kahlan 824:Jurhum 814:Judham 799:Hamdan 794:Bajila 787:Zahran 740:Ash'ar 651:  619:  595:  571:  552:& 336:Khalid 334:, and 236:, and 101:Arabic 69:Jazira 1292:Yaman 1246:Tamim 1241:Shuja 1236:Shehr 1219:Salih 1179:Qedar 1162:Ghani 1143:Kilab 1131:Uqayl 1121:Hilal 1082:Murra 993:Maqil 981:Nukha 956:Lakhm 943:Kinda 934:Zuhra 919:Jumah 912:Abbas 819:Ju'fa 782:Ghamd 772:Bariq 755:Ansar 745:Aslam 730:Anmar 720:Amila 540:. 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Index

Shaybanids
Adnanites

Nisba
Jazira
Bakr ibn Wa'il
Arabic
Arab tribe
Banu Bakr
al-Jazira Province
pre-Islamic period
wandered according to the seasons
Najd
Euphrates
Upper Mesopotamia
Lower Mesopotamia
Persian Gulf
Taghlib
Banu Tamim
Muhammad
Banu Hashim
Muslim conquest of Persia
al-Muthanna ibn Haritha
Mesopotamia
Diyar Bakr
Armenian Highland
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Syria
Khurasan

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