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Encyclopedia > Bani Tamim

The Bani Tamim is a large and powerful Arab tribe primarily located in Najd, central and southern Iraq and the Iranian province of Khuzestan. Members of this tribe are recognizable by the last time of al-Tamimi. Najd (Nejd) is a region in central Saudi Arabia and the location of the nations capital, Riyadh. ... The Arabs of Khuzestan are an Iranian people in the Khuzestan province in southwestern Iran. ...


The tribe's progenitor Tamīm ibn (son of) Murr is said to have lived in the first century CE and met one of the Christ's disciples. Through Tamīm the tribe traces its lineage unto Adnan and then unto Ishamel and Abraham. Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Alternate meanings: See Apostle (Mormonism), The Apostle (1997 movie) The 12 Apostles (in Greek απόστολος apostolos= emissary) were probably Jewish men (10 names are Aramaic, 4 names are Greek) chosen from among the disciples, who were sent forth , by Jesus to preach the Gospel to both Jews and Gentiles, across... Adnan is the traditional ancestor of the northern (or musta`ribah) Arabs, said to be a descendant of Ishmael through his son Kedar. ... Ishmael, a person mentioned in both the Torah and the Quran, is in traditional Jewish, Christian and Islamic belief, the ancestor of the Arabs. ... Abraham (אַבְרָהָם Father/Leader of many, Standard Hebrew Avraham, Tiberian Hebrew ʾAḇrāhām; Arabic ابراهيم Ibrāhīm) is the patriarch of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. ...


In the pre-Islamic period, the Tamim tribe was closely affiliated with the Quraish tribe. They converted to Islam in the eighth year after the Hijra. Quraish (sura) is also the name of a Surah in the Quran. ... Islam (Arabic al-islām الإسلام,  listen) the submission to God is a monotheistic faith and the worlds second-largest religion. ... For other uses see Hijra. ...


Leading Personalities

Among the leading personalities of this tribe:


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Al-Farazdaq - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (465 words)
He was a member of the Darim, one of the most respected divisions of the Bani Tamim, and his mother was of the tribe of Dabba.
At the age of 15, Farazdaq was known as a poet, and though checked for a short time by the advice of the caliph Ali to devote his attention to the study of the Qur'an, he soon returned to making verse.
When Ziyad, a member of the latter tribe, became governor of Basra in 669, the poet was compelled to flee, first to Kufa, and then, as he was still too near Ziyad, to Madinah, where he was well received by the city's emir, Said ibn al-As.
Eagle Village At Tamiment Resort (1009 words)
The Banu Tamim is a large and powerful Arab tribe found predominately in the Najd area of the Arabian peninsula as well as the Basra and Diyala regions of Iraq.
Dr Tamim Al Jundi is a Syrian cardiologist born in Homs, Syria in 1933.
Doctor Tamim is known for his education and general knoweldege, he is an avid reader and an exceptional commentator on life/politics/health and many other issues.
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