Banu Dhubyan

Dhubyan or Banu Dhubyan (Arabic: بَنُو ذُبيَان) are an Arabian tribe of Ghatafan branch, one of the Adnani branches. Banu Dhubyan inhabited the Hijaz region and were mostly Christian.

The Banu Dhubyān
(Arabic: بَنُو ذُبيَان)
Ghatafani, Qaysi
Descended fromDhubyān ibn Baghīd ibn Rayth ibn Ghaṭafān ibn Saʾd ibn Qays ʿAylān ibn Mudar ibn Nizar ibn Ma'ad ibn Adnan.
Parent tribeGhatafan
BranchesBanu Fazara
Banu Murra
Banu Tha’laba[1]
ReligionChristianity (pre 630s)
Islam (post 630s)

Influential people of Dhubyan

References

  1. Ibn Jarir, Tabari (1997). The History of al-Tabari Vol. 8: The Victory of Islam: Muhammad at Medina. State University of New York Press. p. 93. ISBN 9780791431504.
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