Banu Hanifa (Arabic: بنو حنيفة) is an ancient Arab tribe inhabiting the area of al-Yamama in the central region of modern-day Saudi Arabia. The tribe...

(Arabic: مسيلمه ابن حبيب) d.632, was a claimant of prophethood from the Banu Hanifa tribe, of which present day descendants include the House of Saud among...

centuries. They were descended from the sons of sheikhs of the Arab Banu Hanifa tribe who intermarried with the princesses of the Beja Hadariba tribe...

known as al-Irdh (العرض). Its current name is derived from that of the Banu Hanifa, the principal Arab tribe in the area at the time of the Islamic conquest...

of Saudi Arabia. It forms a subtribe of the larger prominent ancient Banu Hanifa tribe of Arabia, from which well known 7th century Arabian theologist...

before Islam to Diyar Bakr in Al-Jazira. Banu Hanifa - mostly sedentary, were the principal tribe of Al-Yamama. Banu Shayban - mostly nomadic (bedouin), led...

Ali ibn Abi Talib. Khawla was known as al-Hanafiyya after her tribe Banu Hanifa. After Abu Bakr became caliph, the people of Yamama refused to pay Zakat...

included the following sub-tribes Banu Hanifa Banu Shayban Banu Qays ibn Tha'laba Taym Allah (or Taym Allat) Banu Yashkur Taghlib ibn Wa'il al-Nammir...

capital was Al-Turaif District, and it was based around the banks of Wadi Hanifa. It was ruled by the Muani'a dynasty (also known as the Marada) from the...

Northern Arabia and Yemen, which were also defeated. A few months later, Banu Hanifa's chief Musaylimah, a rival prophet claimant with an army of allegedly...

of Banu Taghlib, was an Arab Christian protected first by her tribe; then causing a split within the Arab tribes and finally defended by Banu Hanifa. Sajah...

Abu Hanifa (Arabic: أَبُو حَنِيفَة, romanized: Abū Ḥanīfa; September 699–767) was a Sunni Muslim scholar, jurist, theologian, ascetic, and eponym of the...

population belonged to tribes such as Anizzah, Banu Tamim, Banu Hanifa, Banu Khalid, Banu Zayd, Banu Lam, Dawasir, Subay', Shammar, and Bahila. Most...

Talib, but the name is also present among some pre-Islamic Arabs (e.g. Banu Hanifa, and some rulers of Saba and Himyar). It is identical in form and meaning...

of his camp is not known. From this base he kept the forces of the Bani Hanifa under observation while awaiting instructions from the Caliph, and the presence...

a prophet following Muhammad's death in 632, and led his tribe, the Banu Hanifa, against the Muslim conquest of the area. The Battle of Yamama between...

Saud's family (then known as the Al Muqrin) traced its descent to the Banu Hanifa tribes but, despite popular misconceptions, Muhammad bin Saud was neither...

that of the Banu Asad ibn Khuzaymah headed by Tulayha ibn Khuwaylid that of the Banu Hanifa headed by Musaylimah those from among the Banu Taghlib and...

Rabiʿa branch of the Adnanites alongside the tribes of Abd al-Qays, Banu Bakr, Bani Hanifa, and Taghlib. In the genealogical scheme, Anizah's eponymous ancestor...

of the Mrudah clan. The Mrudah are believed to be descended from the Banu Hanifa branch of the larger Rabi'ah tribal confederation. His original residence...

Caliphate, Thumamah's branch of Banu Hanifa retracted themselves from Musaylimah's faction, who also hailed from Banu Hanifa. The branch instead began assisting...

Muslims captured war booty and returned with the chief of the tribe of Banu Hanifa, called Thumamah Bin Uthal al-Hanafi. Although the location is sometimes...

his clan, the Mrudah. The Mrudah are believed to be descended from the Banu Hanifa branch of the Rabi'ah tribal confederation. The Al Saud originated as...

In the Yamama region in central Arabia, Mu'awiya confiscated from the Banu Hanifa the lands of Hadarim, where he employed 4,000 slaves, likely to cultivate...

and Iraq. Najda was born in circa 655 and belonged to the Banu Hanifa subtribe of the Banu Bakr, resident in the Yamama (central Arabia). As a young man...

Muhammad arrived in al-Yamamah, he likely gained the support of the Banu Hanifa, the largest tribe in the area, and created an independent amirate. It...

as Hajr al-Yamamah, or simply Hajr. The settlement was founded by the Banu Hanifa tribe in the 5th century several years after the purported obliteration...

strongest opponent of the Muslims: Musaylima, the leader of the sedentary Banu Hanifa tribe in the Yamama, the agricultural eastern borderlands of Najd. Musaylima...

Haudha was a Christian. He was from the tribe of Banu Hanifa and traced his lineage back to the Banu Bakr tribe. Haudha was also a contemporary of Khosrow...

predominant tribe of the Yamama was the Banu Hanifa, who lived a settled, largely agricultural existence. The Hanifa of the Yamama also supplied skilled laborers...