Qays Aylan

E713085

Qays Aylan was a major northern Arab tribal confederation in early Islamic history, from which the Banu Hilal and several other prominent tribes descended.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Qays 'Aylan 1
Qays Aylan canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arab tribe ⓘ
tribal confederation ⓘ
associatedWith Qays–Yaman rivalry ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
ethnicGroup Arabs ⓘ
faction Qaysi ⓘ
genealogicalClassification Adnanite Arabs ⓘ
hasPart Banu 'Abs ⓘ
linked to: Banu Abs

Banu 'Adwan ⓘ
Banu 'Amir ⓘ
linked to: Banu Amir

Banu 'Uqayl ⓘ
linked to: Banu Uqayl

Banu Amir ibn Sa'sa'a ⓘ
linked to: Banu Amir

Banu Ashja' ⓘ
linked to: Banu Ashja

Banu Bahila ⓘ
Banu Dhubyan ⓘ
Banu Fahm ⓘ
Banu Fazara ⓘ
Banu Ghani ⓘ
Banu Hilal ⓘ
Banu Jusham ⓘ
Banu Ka'b ⓘ
Banu Kilab ⓘ
Banu Murra ⓘ
Banu Nasr ⓘ
Banu Sa'd ⓘ
Banu Sa'd ibn Bakr ⓘ
linked to: Banu Sa'd

Banu Sulaym ⓘ
Ghatafan ⓘ
Hawazin ⓘ
historicalSignificance important in early Islamic tribal politics ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
migration some branches migrated to North Africa via Banu Hilal ⓘ
notableDescendant Banu Ghatafan ⓘ
Banu Hilal ⓘ
Banu Sulaym ⓘ
Hawazin ⓘ
opposedTo Yaman tribal confederation ⓘ
partOf North Arabian tribes ⓘ
linked to: Northern Arabia
politicalAlignment often aligned with Umayyads in tribal conflicts ⓘ
relativeLocation northern Arabia ⓘ
linked to: Northern Arabia
religion Islam ⓘ
role major northern Arab tribal confederation ⓘ
sourceType early Arabic genealogical literature ⓘ
subgroupOf Mudar ⓘ
timePeriod Abbasid period ⓘ
linked to: Abbasid Caliphate

Umayyad period ⓘ
linked to: Umayyad Caliphate

early Islamic period ⓘ
traditionalAncestor Aylan ibn Mudar ⓘ
linked to: Ilyas ibn Mudar

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Banu Hilal → partOf → Qays Aylan ⓘ
Mudhar → hasSubgroup → Qays 'Aylan ⓘ
linked to: Qays Aylan