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Qays

Qays ʿAylān (Arabic: قيس عيلان), often referred to simply as Qays (Kais or Ḳays) were an Arab tribal confederation that branched from the Mudar group. The tribe may not have functioned as a unit in pre-Islamic Arabia (before 630). However, by the early Umayyad Caliphate (661-750), its constituent tribes consolidated into one of the main tribal political…

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Location
Arabia
Branches
Khasafa Mansur ibn Ikrima Hawazin Banu Sa'd Otaibah Sulaym Ziyad Muharib · Mansur ibn Ikrima Hawazin Banu Sa'd Otaibah Sulaym · Hawazin Banu Sa'd Otaibah · Banu Sa'd Otaibah · Otaibah
Descended from
Qays ibn Aylan ibn Mudar ibn Nizar
Nisba
Qaysi
Parent tribe
Mudar
Religion
Polytheism (pre-630) Islam (post 630)

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Qays

Nodes131
Edges130
Triples282
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015267
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related to Umayyad era · 67
Qays → Abbasid, Abbasid Caliphate, Abd Allah, After Marj Rahit, Amir, Arabs, As, Ayn, Bahila, Balikh, Banu Kalb, Battle, Between, Caliph Abd, Caliphate, Dahhak, Damascus, Fighting, Fihri, From
related to Geographic distribution · 55
Qays → According, Adwan, Aleppo, Algeria, Among, Annaba, Arab, Arabia, Arabian, Bahrayn, Balqa, Banu Amir, Banu Ashja, Banu Hilal, Banu Jusham, Banu Rawah, Banu Sulaym, Basra, By, By Muhammad's
related to Early Islamic period · 43
Qays → After, Ali, Arab, Armenia, Ashja, Banu Amir, Banu Asad, Banu Kilab, Banu Uqayl, Battle, Buzakha, By, Byzantine Empire, Camel, During Caliph Uthman's, Ghatafan, Hawazin, However, In, Islam
related to Pre-Islamic period · 31
Qays → Abs, According, Accordingly, Among, Arab, Arabian, Arabs, Ayyam, Bahila, Bajila, Banu Asad, Battle, Dahis, Dhubyan, Fischer, Ghabra, Ghani, Historian, Islamic, Islamic Ayyām
related to Khasafa · 28
Qays → Amir, Among, Bakr, Banu Amir, Banu Jusham, Banu Muharib, Banu Nasr, Banu Sa'd, Banu Sulaym, From Khasafa, Harith, Hawazin, Hawāzin, However, Ikrima, Imru, Khasafa, Mansur, Mu'awiya, Munabbih
related to Name and genealogy · 27
Qays → According, Adnan, Arab, Arabia, Arabic, As, Aylan, Banū, English-language, Ibn Khaldun, Kaisites, Ma'ad, Members, Mudar, Nas, Nas's, Nizar, Nās, Qays Aylan, Qaysites
Branches · 20
Qays → A'sur Ghani Al-Tufawa, Abs, Adwan, Al-Tufawa, Amr Adwan Fahm, Anmar, Ashja, Banu Sa'd Otaibah, Dhubyan, Fahm, Ghani, Ghatafan Ashja Dhubyan Abs Anmar, Hawazin Banu Sa'd Otaibah, Khasafa Mansur ibn Ikrima Hawazin Banu Sa'd Otaibah Sulaym Ziyad Muharib, Mansur ibn Ikrima Hawazin Banu Sa'd Otaibah Sulaym, Muharib, Otaibah, Sa'd A'sur Ghani Al-Tufawa Ghatafan Ashja Dhubyan Abs Anmar, Sulaym, Ziyad Muharib
related to Branches · 5
Qays → Amr, Khasafa, Sa'd, The, The Qays
Descended from · 1
Qays → Qays ibn Aylan ibn Mudar ibn Nizar
Location · 1
Qays → Arabia

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tribes qaysi banu ibn umayyad ghatafan hawazin sulaym mudar amir sons arab mu'awiya fought caliphate tribal sub-tribes military islam arabia

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QaysBranchesKhasafa Mansur ibn Ikrima Hawazin Banu Sa'd Otaibah Sulaym Ziyad Muharib1.00infobox
QaysBranchesMansur ibn Ikrima Hawazin Banu Sa'd Otaibah Sulaym1.00infobox
QaysBranchesHawazin Banu Sa'd Otaibah1.00infobox
QaysBranchesBanu Sa'd Otaibah1.00infobox
QaysBranchesOtaibah1.00infobox
QaysBranchesSulaym1.00infobox
QaysBranchesZiyad Muharib1.00infobox
QaysBranchesMuharib1.00infobox
QaysBranchesSa'd A'sur Ghani Al-Tufawa Ghatafan Ashja Dhubyan Abs Anmar1.00infobox
QaysBranchesA'sur Ghani Al-Tufawa1.00infobox
QaysBranchesGhani1.00infobox
QaysBranchesAl-Tufawa1.00infobox
QaysBranchesGhatafan Ashja Dhubyan Abs Anmar1.00infobox
QaysBranchesAshja1.00infobox
QaysBranchesDhubyan1.00infobox
QaysBranchesAbs1.00infobox
QaysBranchesAnmar1.00infobox
QaysBranchesAmr Adwan Fahm1.00infobox
QaysBranchesAdwan1.00infobox
QaysBranchesFahm1.00infobox
QaysDescended fromQays ibn Aylan ibn Mudar ibn Nizar1.00infobox
QaysLocationArabia1.00infobox
QaysNisbaQaysi1.00infobox
QaysParent tribeMudar1.00infobox
QaysReligionPolytheism (pre-630) Islam (post 630)1.00infobox
Qaysis anamesake and progenitor of the confederation0.90text

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