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There were several '''Arabian tribes that interacted with Muhammad'''.

==Introduction==
The most prominent of such [[Tribes of Arabia|Arabian tribes]] were [[Quraysh (tribe)|Quraish]] which were in turn divided into several [[:Category:Quraish sub-clans|sub-clans]]. The Qur'aish sub-clan of [[Banu Hashim]] was the clan of Muhammad, while their sister sub-clan, the [[Banu Abd-Shams]] became known as his most staunch enemies. After Muhammad, the Muslim nation was ruled exclusively through the Quraish tribe, all the way until the [[Ottoman Turks]] came into power.

Other tribes include various ones that were centered on different cities, for example the [[Banu Thaqif]] and the [[Banu Utub]].

Notable are the Jewish tribes that had settled in Medina, they would play a prominent part in Muhammad's life, this included the [[Banu Qurayza]], [[Banu Nadir]] and the [[Banu Qainuqa]], they participated in the [[Battle of Bu'ath]], although they had a [[truce]] and an agreement with Muslims not to join the opposing armies, but they broke them.

==List==
The list includes:
*[[Quraysh (tribe)|Quraish]] &mdash; prominent in the city of [[Mecca]]
*[[Banu Kinanah]] &mdash; the brothers of Quraish, and they are prominent in and mostly around Mecca
*Banu al-Akhdari (Branch of quraish), They were very influential in [[Algeria]] and [[Yemen]]
*[[Banu Bakr ibn Abd Manat]] &mdash; the city of [[Yalamlam]] and around [[Yathrib]] and they are a branch of [[Banu Kinanah]]
*[[Banu Jadhimah]] &mdash; the city of [[Yalamlam]] and they are a branch of [[Banu Kinanah]]
*[[Banu Hothail]] &mdash; The Brothers of Khuzaimah, and their neighbors in Mecca <ref>Banu Hothail</ref>
*[[Banu Thaqif]] &mdash; the city of [[Ta'if]], [[Urwah ibn Mas'ud]]
*[[Banu Bariq]] &mdash; the city of [[Bareq]]
*[[Banu Utub]] &mdash; the city of [[Najd]]
*[[Banu Ghatafan]] &mdash; east of Yathrib and Khaibar
*[[Banu Hilal]] -Hejaz and Najd
*[[Banu Tamim]] &mdash; Dominant force in Central Arabia
*[[Banu Sa'ad]]
*[[Banu Amr]] &mdash; Umar and his companions stayed with them during the hijrah from Mecca
*[[Banu Daws]] &mdash; south of Mecca [[Abu Hurairah]]
*[[Banu Abs]] &mdash; [[Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman]]
*[[Banu Jumah]]
*[[Banu Kalb]]
*[[Abd al-Qays]]
*[[Banu Khuza'a]] &mdash; between Mecca and Badr
*[[Banu Hanifa]] &mdash; they are a branch of [[Banu Bakr]]
*[[Banu Lakhm]]

In [[Medina|Yathrib (later Medina)]]

*[[Banu Kinanah]]<ref name="Tahir-ul-Qadri">Dr. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, ''[http://www.pat.com.pk/pdf/constitution_madina.pdf Constitutional Analysis of the Constitution of Madina] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827191102/http://www.pat.com.pk/pdf/constitution_madina.pdf |date=2008-08-27 }}'' (excerpt)</ref>
*[[Banu Khazraj]]<ref name="balagh.net">[http://www.balagh.net/english/ahl_bayt/the_message/27.htm The Message<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524053521/http://www.balagh.net/english/ahl_bayt/the_message/27.htm |date=May 24, 2012 }}</ref><ref name="jewishencyclopedia">[[jewishencyclopedia.com]] [http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=326&letter=M]</ref>

[[Jewish]] tribes:
*[[Banu Alfageer]]
*[[Kohen|Banu Alkahinan]] &mdash; they traced their descent from [[Aaron]]<ref name="jewishencyclopedia"/>
*[[Banu Awf]]
*[[Banu Harith]] or Bnei Chorath were rulers of [[Najran]].<ref name="Stillman">[[Norman A. Stillman]], ''The Jews of Arab lands: a history and source book'', p. 117</ref><ref name="Tahir-ul-Qadri" />
*[[Banu Nadir]] — sub-clan of the [[Kohanim|al-Kāhinān]], located in Yathrib([[Medina]])
*[[Banu Najjar]]<ref name="Stillman" /><ref name="Tahir-ul-Qadri" />
*[[Banu Qainuqa]] &mdash; most powerful of all the Jewish tribes of the peninsula before Islam <ref>[[jewishencyclopedia.com]] [http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=218&letter=B]</ref><ref name="Stillman" /><ref name="Tahir-ul-Qadri" />
*[[Banu Quda'a]] — [[Himyarite]] tribe of converts to [[Sadducee]] [[Judaism]]<ref>Joseph Adler (May/June 2000), The Jewish Kingdom of Himyar (Yemen): Its Rise and Fall, ''Midstream'',  Volume XXXXVI No. 4</ref>
*[[Banu Qurayza]] — sub-clan of the [[Kohanim|al-Kāhinān]], located in Yathrib([[Medina]]), "principal family" fled Syria under [[Ghassanid]] rule, then fled Medina, after expulsion by Muhammed, back to Syria
*[[Banu Shutayba]]<ref name="Stillman" /><ref name="Tahir-ul-Qadri" />

==See also==
*[[Non-Muslim interactants with Muslims during Muhammad's era]]
*[[Tribes of Arabia]]
* [[Jewish tribes of Arabia]]

==References==
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==External links==
*https://web.archive.org/web/20071006092639/http://www.yanabi.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=79&threadid=5270&forumid=1

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