Draft:Bajila Tribe
Bajīla is a prominent Arab Qahtanite tribe that, alongside the tribe of Khath'am, constitutes a branch of the Anmar.[1] The tribe's name—referenced in the poetry of al-Farazdaq[2]—is derived from Bajila, the daughter of Sa'b b. Sa'd al-'Ashira.[3]
The Bajila trace their lineage to Anmar b. Arash of the Khath'am tribe. The tribe's history is intertwined with significant conflicts, including the Battle of Jabala fought between Iranians and Arabs during the Year of the Elephant.[4] During the reign of Shapur II, the Bajalis joined other tribes in an incursion into Iraq but were ultimately repelled.[5] The Bajila were among the tribes that embraced Islam following the Conquest of Mecca. It is reported that Jarir b. 'Abd Allah al-Bajali led a delegation of tribesmen to the Holy Prophet (s) to accept Islam[6] and was subsequently commissioned by the Prophet to destroy Dhu l-Khalasa, an idol venerated jointly by the tribes of Daws, Khath'am, and Bajila.[7]
Jarir also commanded the Bajila contingent during the Battle of al-Qadisiyya.[8] During the caliphate of Imam Ali (a), the Bajalis participated in the battles of Jamal and Siffin. However, at Siffin, their allegiance was divided; one faction fought within the army of Ali (a), while another supported the forces of Sham.[9]
Some famous individuals of the Bajila tribe include:
- Jarir b. 'Abd Allah al-Bajali, a companion of the Prophet (s) and one of the companions of Imam Ali (a), who served as his envoy to Mu'awiya.
- Nafi' b. Hilal al-Bajali, a companion of both Imam Ali (a) and Imam al-Husayn (a), counted among the Martyrs of Karbala.
- Zuhayr b. al-Qayn al-Bajali, a prominent figure and noble among the companions of Imam al-Husayn (a), who was martyred in Karbala during the Event of 'Ashura.
- Khalid b. Jarir al-Bajali, a Shi'a narrator and Muhaddith of the 2nd century AH, reckoned among the companions of Imam al-Sadiq (a).
- Safwan b. Yahya al-Bajali al-Kufi (d. 210 AH), a companion of Imam al-Kazim (a), a representative of both Imam al-Rida (a) and Imam al-Jawad (a), and a member of the Ashab al-Ijma'.
- Rifa'a b. Shaddad al-Bajali (d. 66/685-86), a companion of Imam Ali (a) and a supporter of al-Mukhtar, serving as a leader of the Tawwabun.
- Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Khushkara al-Bajali (killed in 66 AH), a soldier in the army of Umar b. Sa'd during the Event of Karbala; he was executed by the order of al-Mukhtar.
- Abd Allah b. Abi Husayn al-Azdi al-Bajali, a soldier under the command of Umar b. Sa'd during the Event of Karbala.
Notes
- ↑ For instance see: Ibn Qutayba, al-Ma'arif, 1960, p. 64; Ibn Durayd, al-Ishtiqāq, 1378 AH, p. 515.
- ↑ al-Farazdaq, Dīwān al-Farazdaq, 1414 AH, vol. 1, p. 371.
- ↑ al-Sam'ani, al-Ansāb, 1382 AH, vol. 2, p. 91; al-Qalqashandī, Ṣubḥ al-a'shā, Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyya, vol. 1, p. 329.
- ↑ Abu 'Ubayd, Mu'jam mā ista'jam, 1403 AH, vol. 1, p. 62.
- ↑ Refer to al-Mufadḍal al-Dabbī, Dīwān al-Mufadḍalīyyāt, 1920, vol. 1, p. 115.
- ↑ Ibn Sa'd, al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā, 1410 AH, vol. 1, p. 347.
- ↑ For instance see: al-Ṭabarī, Tārīkh al-Ṭabarī, 1378 AH, vol. 3, p. 158.
- ↑ Ibn al-Athīr, Usd al-ghāba, 1409 AH, vol. 1, p. 279.
- ↑ al-Ṭabarī, Tārīkh al-Ṭabarī, 1378 AH, vol. 3, p. 500.
References
- Abū 'Ubayd al-Bakrī, 'Abd Allāh b. 'Abd al-'Azīz. Mu'jam mā ista'jam min asmā' al-bilād wa al-mawāḍi'. Edited by Muṣṭafā Saqqā. Beirut: 'Ālam al-Kutub, 1403 AH.
- Ibn al-Athīr, 'Alī b. Muḥammad. Usd al-ghāba fī ma'rifat al-ṣaḥāba. Beirut: Dār al-Fikr, 1409 AH.
- Ibn Durayd, Muḥammad b. Ḥasan. al-Ishtiqāq. Edited by 'Abd al-Salām Muḥammad Hārūn. Beirut: 1378 AH.
- Ibn Sa'd, Muḥammad b. Sa'd. al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā. Beirut: Dār al-Kutub al-'Ilmīyya, 1410 AH.
- Ibn Qutayba, 'Abd Allāh b. Muslim. al-Ma'ārif. Cairo: al-Hay'at al-Miṣrīyya al-'Āmma li-l-Kitāb, 1960.
- al-Sam'ānī, 'Abd al-Karīm b. Muḥammad. al-Ansāb. Edited by 'Abd al-Raḥmān b. Yaḥyā al-Mu'allimī. Hyderabad: Dā'irat al-Ma'ārif al-'Uthmānīyya, 1382 AH.
- al-Ṭabarī, Muḥammad b. Jarīr. Tārīkh al-umam wa al-mulūk. Beirut: Dār al-Turāth, 2nd ed., 1387 AH.
- al-Farazdaq, Hammām b. Ghālib. Dīwān al-Farazdaq. Beirut: n.p., 1414 AH.
- al-Qalqashandī, Aḥmad b. 'Alī. Ṣubḥ al-a'shā fī ṣinā'at al-inshā. Annotated by Muḥammad Ḥusayn Shams al-Dīn. Beirut: Dār al-Kutub al-'Ilmīyya, n.d.
- al-Mufadḍal al-Dabbī, al-Mufadḍal b. Muḥammad. Dīwān al-Mufadḍalīyyāt. Edited by Carlos Jacobus Lyall. Beirut: 1920.
External Links
- Source of the article: Entries for Bajila in the Great Islamic Encyclopedia and the Encyclopedia of the World of Islam.