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==Shi'ite Tribes==

{{main|Ash'ari Family}}

Ash'ari family were a Qahtani tribe from [[Yemen]]. After the promotion of [[Islam]] in Yemen, a large number of them converted to Islam. After the conquest of [[Iran]] by Muslims, they came and settled in [[Kufa]], also they played crucial roles in social and political events in Iraq. Then after the prosecutions of Shi'a Muslims by [[Hajjaj b. Yusuf]] they migrated to [[Qom]] in Iran.

{{main|Banu Asad}}

Banu Asad are 'Adnani Arabs who settled around Kufa, [[Basra]] and [[Syria]]. [[Habib b. Muzahir]] and [[Muslim b. Awsaja]] who were [[Martyrdom|martyred]] in the [[battle of Karbala]] were from Banu Asad tribe; the tribe that buried martyrs of the battle of Karbala. Banu Mazid were a branch of Banu Asad, who founded the city [[Hilla]] in the time of their rule. The establishment of [[Shi'a seminary]] in Hilla is regarded as their most significant scientific – cultural action taken by Banu Asad.

==Shi'ism in Iraq==