Banu Bakr or Banu Bakr, son of Wa'il (Arabic: بنو بكر بن وائل) were an Arabian tribe belonging to the large Rabi'ah branch of Adnanite tribes, which also included 'Anizzah, Taghlib, and Bani Hanifa. The tribe is reputed to have engaged in a 40-year war before Islam with its cousins from Taghlib, known as the War of Basous. The pre-Islamic poet, Tarafah was a member of Bakr. Arabic ( or just ) is the largest living member of the Semitic language family in terms of speakers. ... For other uses, see Arab (disambiguation). ... Anizzah (Arabic: , Anizah, Aniza) are a large Arab tribe with millions of nomadic and settled members across the Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, and the Levant. ... Banu Taghlib or Taghlib ibn Wail (Arabic: ) were a large and powerful Arabian tribe of Mesopotamia and nothern Arabia. ... Islam (Arabic:  ) is a monotheistic religion based upon the teachings of Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure. ...

Bakr's original lands were in Nejd, in central Arabia, but most of the tribe migrated northwards immediately before Islam, and settled in the area of Al-Jazirah, on the upper Euphrates. The city of Diyarbakir in southern Turkey takes its name from this tribe. Najd (Nejd) is a region in central Saudi Arabia and the location of the nations capital, Riyadh. ... Al-Jazira (Arabic, الجزيرة) is the traditional Arabic name for the region of northeastern modern-day Syria and northwestern modern-day Iraq. ... Surfer Rosa The Euphrates (IPA: /juːˈfreɪtiːz/; Greek: Euphrátēs; Akkadian: Pu-rat-tu; Hebrew: פְּרָת Pĕrāth; Syriac: Prâth; Arabic: الفرات Al-Furāt; Turkish: Fırat; Kurdish: فرهات, Firhat, Ferhat, Azeri: Fərat) is the western of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia (the other... Diyarbakir (Syriac: ܐܡܝܕ; Greek: Amida; Turkish spelling: Diyarbakır) is a city in Turkey, situated on the banks of the River Tigris. ...

The tribe is distinct from the tribe of Bani Bakr ibn Abd Manat, who lived in the Hejaz and had important interactions with Muhammad. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Western Province (Saudi Arabia). ... For other persons named Muhammad, see Muhammad (name). ...