Banu Ghatafan

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Banu Ghatafan was a powerful tribal confederation of central Arabia that played a significant role in early Islamic-era conflicts and alliances.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Banu Ghatafan canonical 8
Banu Ashja 1
Banu Dhubyan 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arab tribal confederation ⓘ
tribe of central Arabia ⓘ
alliedWith Jewish tribes of Khaybar at certain times ⓘ
Quraysh during some conflicts with Muhammad ⓘ
ancestralFigure Ghatafan ibn Saʿd ⓘ
conflictWith Khaybar campaign (as opponents of Muslims) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Khaybar

Muslim community of Medina ⓘ
culture Bedouin tribal customs ⓘ
economy pastoralism ⓘ
raiding ⓘ
ethnicGroup Arabs ⓘ
hasSubTribe Banu Abs ⓘ
Banu Ashja ⓘ
linked to: Banu Ghatafan

Banu Dhubyan ⓘ
linked to: Banu Ghatafan

Banu Fazarah ⓘ
linked to: Banu Ghatafan

Banu Murra ⓘ
linked to: Banu Ghatafan
involvedIn raids and counter-raids with Muslims in Medina ⓘ
knownFor military strength ⓘ
opposition to Muhammad in early years ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
laterHistory involved in early Islamic tribal politics ⓘ
many members converted to Islam ⓘ
locatedIn Central Arabia ⓘ
Najd ⓘ
mentionedIn early Islamic historical sources ⓘ
hadith literature ⓘ
sīra literature ⓘ
militaryAlliances coalitions with other Najdi tribes ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of Uhud (on the side of the Meccan coalition) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Uhud

Battle of the Trench ⓘ
partOf North Arabian tribes ⓘ
linked to: Northern Arabia
playedRoleIn early Islamic-era alliances ⓘ
early Islamic-era conflicts ⓘ
politicalRole major power among Najdi tribes in 7th century ⓘ
politicalStatus independent tribal power before Islam ⓘ
negotiated treaties and truces with Muhammad ⓘ
regionOfActivity between Hijaz and Najd ⓘ
religionBeforeIslam Arab paganism ⓘ
socialOrganization segmentary lineage system ⓘ
strategicImportance controlled routes in central Arabia ⓘ
timePeriod early Islamic period ⓘ
pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ
tribalGenealogy descended from Qays ʿAylan ⓘ
part of the larger Mudar grouping ⓘ
tribalStructure confederation of several sub-tribes ⓘ
typeOfSociety tribal, nomadic or semi-nomadic ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of the Trench → hasParticipant → Banu Ghatafan ⓘ
Banu Ghatafan → hasSubTribe → Banu Dhubyan ⓘ
linked to: Banu Ghatafan
Banu Ghatafan → hasSubTribe → Banu Ashja ⓘ
linked to: Banu Ghatafan
Banu Ghatafan → hasSubTribe → Banu Murra ⓘ
linked to: Banu Ghatafan
Banu Ghatafan → hasSubTribe → Banu Fazarah ⓘ
linked to: Banu Ghatafan
Ghatafan ibn Saʿd → eponymOf → Banu Ghatafan ⓘ
Ghatafan ibn Saʿd → progenitorOf → Banu Ghatafan ⓘ
Tribes of the Hejaz → includesTribe → Banu Ghatafan ⓘ
Qays Aylan → notableDescendant → Banu Ghatafan ⓘ
Battle of Buzakha → hasOpponent → Banu Ghatafan ⓘ
Banu Kalb → neighboringTribe → Banu Ghatafan ⓘ
Qaysi tribal coalition → composedOf → Banu Ghatafan ⓘ