Tribe of Nakha'
| Head | Jasr b. 'Amr |
|---|---|
| Geography | |
| Origin | Yemen |
| Residence | Yemen, Kufa and Egypt |
| Rule | |
| From | Tribe of Madhhij |
| Well-known Figures | |
| Figures | Malik al-Ashtar, Kumayl b. Ziyad al-Nakha'i, Ibrahim b. Malik al-Ashtar, Sinan b. Anas al-Nakha'i. |
The tribe of Nakhaʿ (Arabic: قبيلة نخع) is the most famous sub-tribe of the tribe of Madhhij.[1] They are related to Jasr b. 'Amr[2] who moved away from his tribe and thus was given the epithet Nakha'.[3] This tribe resided in Yemen, however, after they embraced Islam, they moved to Kufa and Egypt.[4]
In the middle of Muharram 11/632, about two hundred people from Nakha' who had pledged allegiance to Ma'adh b. Jabal, the companion of the Prophet (s), as the representative of the Prophet (s) came to the Prophet (s) and converted to Islam.[5] The Prophet (s) prayed for the tribe of Nakha' and asked for God's blessings for them. [6]
People from this tribe participated in the battle of Qadisiyya, and some of them were martyred.[7] They also participated in the battle of Yarmuk.[8] In addition, people from this tribe fought in Imam Ali's army in the battles of Jamal, Seffin and Nahrawan.[9]
The tribe of Nakha' has many famous figures. Some of them are:
- Malik al-Ashtar,[10] the famous commander in Imam Ali's army during the battle of Jamal and Siffin and his governor designate in Egypt.[11]
- Kumayl b. Ziyad al-Nakha'i, a close companion of Imam Ali (a) who was martyred by Hajjaj b. Yusuf.[12]
- Artat b. Ka'b was one of the elites of this tribe who went to the Prophet (s) along with his people and was martyred in the battle of Qadisiyya.[13]
- Ibrahim b. Malik al-Ashtar, who pledged allegiance to Mukhtar and took part in his uprising[14] and killed 'Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad.[15]
- Sanan b. Anas al-Nakha'i,[16] who was in the army of 'Umar b. Sa'd in the event of Karbala and, according to some reports, martyred Imam al-Husayn (a).[17]
- Musa b. 'Imran al-Nakha'i who has narrated Al-Ziyara al-Jami'a al-Kabira from Imam al-Hadi (a).[18]
There is a group of Arabs living in some areas of Iran like Birjand who are said to be descendants of this tribe who traveled to Khurasan in the army of Hazim b. Khuzayma, during the reign of al-Mansur al-'Abbasi (r. 136/754 to 158/775), to suppress the uprising of the people of Khurasan and Sistan and resided in an area called Khusf.[19]
The book Qabila-yi Nakha' dar tarikh-i Islam wa Tashayyu' ta payan-i qarn-i siwwum-i Hijri (the tribe of Nakha' in the history of Islam and Shi'a until the end of the 3rd Hijri century), by Asghar Muntazir al-Qa'im and Maryam Sa'idiyan, is about the status and role of the tribe of Nakha' in the events throughout the history of Islam and Shi'a and their relationship with Ahl al-Bayt (a) in the first three Hijri centuries.
Notes
- ↑ Saʿīdīyān, Jāygāh-i buzurgān-i qabīla-yi Nakhaʿ dar ʿulūm wa farhang-i Islāmī dar du qarn-i nukhust-i hijrī, p. 70.
- ↑ Bā Muṭarrif, al-Jāmiʿ, vol. 4, p. 561.
- ↑ Ṣaḥārī, al-Ansāb, vol. 1, p. 379.
- ↑ Bā Muṭarrif, al-Jāmiʿ, vol. 4, p. 561.
- ↑ Ibn al-Jawzī, al-Muntaẓam, vol. 4, p. 14.
- ↑ Ibn Saʿd, al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā, vol. 1, p. 260.
- ↑ Ibn Ḥajar, al-Iṣāba, vol. 1, p. 197.
- ↑ Bā Muṭarrif, al-Jāmiʿ, vol. 4, p. 562.
- ↑ Saʿīdīyān, Jāygāh-i buzurgān-i qabīla-yi Nakhaʿ dar ʿulūm wa farhang-i Islāmī dar du qarn-i nukhust-i hijrī, p. 68.
- ↑ Bā Muṭarrif, al-Jāmiʿ, vol. 4, p. 562.
- ↑ Ibn Saʿd, al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā, vol. 6, p. 239.
- ↑ Ibn Ḥazm, Jamharat ansāb al-ʿarab, p. 415.
- ↑ Ibn al-Athīr, Usd al-ghāba, vol. 1, p. 73.
- ↑ Ibn Kathīr, al-Bidāya wa l-nihāya, vol. 8, p. 265.
- ↑ Ibn Kathīr, al-Bidāya wa l-nihāya, vol. 8, p. 323.
- ↑ Ibn Ḥazm, Jamharat ansāb al-ʿarab, p. 415.
- ↑ Ibn Athīr, al-Kāmil, vol. 4, p. 92.
- ↑ Ṣadūq, Man lā yaḥḍuruh al-faqīh, vol. 2, p. 609.
- ↑ Āmūzgār, Tārīkhcha-yi mikhtaṣar-i aʿrāb-i junūb-i Khurāsān, p. 32, 35.
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