- Banu Sulaym
An Arab tribe that lived in
Hejaz andNejd in the rise of Islam, it will settle North Africa along withBanu Hilal in the 11th century.Origin
Banu Sulaym trace their origin to
Qais 'Ailan binMudhar bin Nizar bin Ma'ad bin Adnan. They lived in Hijaz with the otherQaisi tribes;Banu Huwazin ,Banu Ghatafan they remained in the Eastern part of Hijaz until the 7th century. Then they first fought the Ansar and Qureish Muslims (battle of the trench), then converted to Islam.Included in the muslim army, they defeated the bani Hilal and the Hawazin tribes in the Battle of Hunayn.Banu Sulaym in North Africa
The Beni Sulaym were an
Arabian tribe that migrated toNorth Africa fromNejd andHejaz viaEgypt following the trails of theBeni Hilal 1049. Their influx was a major factor in the linguistic and culturalArabization of theMaghreb , and in the spread of nomadism in areas whereagriculture had previously been dominant.The Banu Sulaym were composed of four main groups—the Banu Hebib, the 'Awf, the
Debbab , and the Zegb. The Hebib settled inCyrenaica , while the others went intoTripolitania . After the establishment of tribal groups, Libya underwent a period of disorder and tribal feuding, which was augmented by the incursion of other Arab adventurers from Egypt. Toward the close of the period of anarchy, the Debbab group took control of much ofTripolitania .See also
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Beni Hilal
*Maqil
*Beni Hassan Ref
* Aymn Almsaodi, The Desert Race P 108.
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