Banu Taym

Banū Taym (Arabic: بَنُو تَيْم; alternatively transliterated as Banu Taim or Banu Tahim) was a clan of the Quraysh tribe of Mecca. The first caliph, Abu Bakr, hailed from the Banu Taym, as did another prominent companion of Muhammad, Talha ibn Ubaydallah.

Banū Taym
(Arabic: بَنُو تَيْم)
Qurayshi / Adnanite Arabs
Banner of Banu Taym
NisbaAt-Taymī
(ٱلتَّيْمي)
LocationWestern Arabian Peninsula, especially in Mecca (present-day Saudi Arabia)
Descended fromTaym ibn Murrah
BranchesBanū Suhrawardy
ReligionIslam

Ancestry

The tribe descended from Taym ibn Murrah ibn Ka'b ibn Lu'ay ibn Ghalib ibn Fihr ibn Malik ibn an-Nadr ibn Kinanah. Taym was a member of the Quraysh al-Bitah (i.e. Qurayshites living near the Kaaba in Mecca), and an uncle of the Qurayshite chief Qusayy ibn Kilab, who was a paternal ancestor of Muhammad.[1]

Notable members

Family tree

Asma bint Adiy al-BariqiyyahMurrah ibn Ka'bHind bint Surayr ibn Tha'labah
Yaqazah ibn MurrahTaym ibn MurrahKilab ibn Murrah
Sa'd ibn Taym
Ka'b ibn Sa'd
'Amr ibn Ka'b
'Amir ibn 'AmrSakhar ibn 'Amr
Hind bint Nuqayd'Uthman Abu Quhafa ibn 'AmirSalma Umm al-Khair bint Sakhar
Umm Farwa
QuraybaAbu BakrMuataqMu'aytaq[6]Quhafa
Umm Amir

See also

References

  1. Maqsood, Ruqaiyyah Waris. "The Prophet's Line Family No 3 – Qusayy, Hubbah, and Banu Nadr to Quraysh". Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood Dawah. Archived from the original on 30 May 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  2. "Abū Bakr".
  3. Jafri, Hua M. (1979). The Origins and Early Development of Shi`a Islam. International Book Centre. pp. 58–79.
  4. Razwy, Ali Asghar. A Restatement of the History of Islam and Muslims.
  5. Spellberg 1994, p. 3
  6. Tarikh ar-Rusul wa al-Muluk 3/ 425

Bibliography


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