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47: 227: 168:. Already from pre-Islamic times, the tribe was "celebrated ... for the remarkable quality of its poets, its use of a very pure form of Arabic language and its fighting ardour" (Th. Bianquis), a reputation its members retained into the Islamic period, when histories remark both on their own skills as, and on their patronage of, poets. 404:
The Shayban as a whole are not frequently mentioned in the later centuries, as opposed to its many sub-tribes or splinter groups originating from it. Some Shayban are mentioned in later times in southern Iraq as poets, grammarians and philologists, chief among them the Shaybani
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of Iraq, and again in northern Syria in the late 10th and 11th centuries, after which "the tribe of Shayban as such is less often mentioned, and it is difficult to follow the subsequent fortunes of this highly-fragmented group"
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region in Turkey are tracing their tribal origins back to this tribe. Some families are even claiming descendant from the famous
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played a leading role in the conquest of Iraq. For the most part the Shayban remained active, as in pre-Islamic times, mainly in
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are organized loose and they do not have a Sheikh as a head of their tribe, like it is common in Arab countries.
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in 893. After his death in 898, al-Mu'tadid seized the last possession of the family,
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with success as general, even subduing a Kharijite revolt by his kin
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These prefixes ignored in the alphabetical ordering: Al, Bani, Banu.
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that ruled in Shirvan as autonomous and later independent emirs (
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and his immediate successors, the Shayban were allies of the
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Slaves on Horses: The Evolution of the Islamic Polity
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Shayban ibn Tha'labah ibn Akaba ibn Saab ibn Ali ibn
537: 377:, although he faced competition from the Taghlibi 217:Abu Dawud Khalid ibn Ibrahim al-Dhuhli al-Shaybani 179:, the clan to which Muhammad belonged. During the 273:, the most prominent Shaybani were the family of 1316: 631: 254:was able to raise a large-scale revolt by the 250:, the Shayban remained powerful in al-Jazira. 160:Its chief opponents during this time were the 141:and moving to the fertile lowlands around the 677: 353:Another successful Shaybani line was that of 121:and played an important role in its history. 691: 684: 670: 561:The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition 593:. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 569:. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 391–392. 312:. Yazid also served twice as governor of 532: 225: 607: 316:, a vast province encompassing current 281:. His sons and especially his nephews, 1317: 480: 478: 665: 638:The Arab Emirates in Bagratid Armenia 583: 476: 474: 472: 470: 468: 466: 464: 462: 460: 458: 262:, as did the Kharijite revolt led by 617:(Second ed.). Harlow: Longman. 496: 191:, but especially in the district of 412:Abu Amr Ishaq ibn Mirar al-Shaybani 365:exploited the chaos following the " 106: 13: 455: 442:line. However the Banu Shayban of 14: 1361: 242:) during the early Islamic period 135:wandered according to the seasons 511:Ter-Ghevondyan (1976), pp. 27–28 493:Ter-Ghevondyan (1976), pp. 26–27 230:Al-Jazira and its subdivisions ( 133:, the Shayban with their flocks 45: 328:. He was succeeded by his sons 292:Yazid ibn Mazyad served Caliph 1345:History of Diyarbakır Province 514: 505: 487: 298:al-Walid ibn Tarif al-Shaybani 264:al-Dahhak ibn Qays al-Shaybani 137:, wintering in Jadiyya in the 1: 449: 440:Isa ibn al-Shaykh al-Shaybani 397:, and imprisoned Ahmad's son 355:Isa ibn al-Shaykh al-Shaybani 145:for the summer, ranging from 484:Bianquis (1997), pp. 391–392 287:Ahmad ibn Mazyad al-Shaybani 283:Yazid ibn Mazyad al-Shaybani 252:Shabib ibn Yazid al-Shaybani 7: 520:Kennedy (2004), pp. 181–182 275:Ma'n ibn Za'ida al-Shaybani 10: 1366: 1335:Medieval Upper Mesopotamia 526: 361:in the 860s–880s. His son 124: 18: 1302: 707: 700: 289:, occupied high offices. 181:Muslim conquest of Persia 87: 76: 66: 56: 44: 37: 28: 357:, governor in Syria and 19:Not to be confused with 185:al-Muthanna ibn Haritha 243: 153:and the shores of the 51:Banner of Banu Shayban 444:Southeastern Anatolia 229: 91:Paganism, later Islam 633:Ter-Ghewondyan, Aram 502:Crone (1980), p. 169 258:in the 690s against 62:Al-Shaybani الشيباني 1258:Sa'd ibn Zayd Manat 260:al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf 171:During the time of 863:Bakr ibn Abd Manat 383:Ishaq ibn Kundajiq 367:Anarchy at Samarra 244: 131:pre-Islamic period 119:al-Jazira Province 113:, a branch of the 1312: 1311: 647:Livraria Bertrand 624:978-0-582-40525-7 576:978-90-04-10422-8 534:Bianquis, Thierry 379:Hamdan ibn Hamdun 271:Abbasid Caliphate 256:Najdat Kharijites 248:Umayyad Caliphate 197:Armenian Highland 151:Lower Mesopotamia 147:Upper Mesopotamia 95: 94: 1357: 1330:Tribes of Arabia 686: 679: 672: 663: 662: 658: 643:Nina G. Garsoïan 641:. Translated by 628: 604: 580: 552:Heinrichs, W. P. 541: 521: 518: 512: 509: 503: 500: 494: 491: 485: 482: 425:Thierry Bianquis 342:Mazyadid dynasty 269:Under the early 219:, a follower of 149:in the north to 108: 49: 33: 26: 25: 1365: 1364: 1360: 1359: 1358: 1356: 1355: 1354: 1315: 1314: 1313: 1308: 1298: 703: 696: 690: 625: 601: 585:Crone, Patricia 577: 544:Bosworth, C. 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Lisbon: 565:Volume IX: 450:References 436:Diyar Bakr 430:But still 416:Qarmatians 322:Azerbaijan 232:Diyar Bakr 221:Abu Muslim 215:, such as 205:Azerbaijan 193:Diyar Bakr 166:Banu Tamim 111:Arab tribe 21:Shaybanids 16:Arab tribe 892:Abd-Shams 831:Banu Kanz 737:Banu Asad 655:490638192 635:(1976) . 434:from the 375:Antzitene 310:al-Ma'mun 279:al-Mansur 143:Euphrates 115:Banu Bakr 107:بنو شيبان 39:Adnanites 32:بنو شيبان 1340:Arminiya 1304:Part of 1211:Juhaynah 1089:Tha'laba 1069:Ghatafan 851:Mustaliq 841:Khath'am 806:Al-Haram 727:Banu Amr 611:(2004). 587:(1980). 558:(eds.). 536:(1997). 399:Muhammad 359:Arminiya 334:Muhammad 314:Arminiya 308:against 213:Khurasan 173:Muhammad 109:) is an 88:Religion 67:Location 1350:Rabi`ah 1280:Al Fadl 1253:Hanzala 1201:Balqayn 1174:Muharib 1150:Qushayr 1140:Khafaja 1103:Hawazin 1074:Dhubyan 1057:Taghlib 1040:Shayban 1000:Muzayna 963:Madhhaj 949:Khuthir 887:Quraysh 882:Jadhima 846:Khuza'a 811:Hudhayl 767:Khazraj 567:San–Sze 527:Sources 418:in the 326:Shirvan 318:Armenia 304:in the 302:al-Amin 201:Armenia 162:Taghlib 129:In the 125:History 1289:Thamud 1275:Jarrah 1265:Tanukh 1233:Sa'ida 1191:Bahra' 1186:Quda'a 1169:Bahila 1159:Sulaym 1113:Thaqif 1079:Fazara 1030:Hanifa 1015:Anizah 1005:Rabi'a 988:Zubaid 953:Lihyan 909:Hashim 897:Umayya 873:Ghifar 868:Damrah 858:Kinana 836:Kahlan 826:Jurhum 816:Judham 801:Hamdan 796:Bajila 789:Zahran 742:Ash'ar 653:  621:  597:  573:  554:& 338:Khalid 336:, and 238:, and 103:Arabic 71:Jazira 1294:Yaman 1248:Tamim 1243:Shuja 1238:Shehr 1221:Salih 1181:Qedar 1164:Ghani 1145:Kilab 1133:Uqayl 1123:Hilal 1084:Murra 995:Maqil 983:Nukha 958:Lakhm 945:Kinda 936:Zuhra 921:Jumah 914:Abbas 821:Ju'fa 784:Ghamd 774:Bariq 757:Ansar 747:Aslam 732:Anmar 722:Amila 542:. 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Index

Shaybanids
Adnanites

Nisba
Jazira
Bakr ibn Wa'il
Arabic
Arab tribe
Banu Bakr
al-Jazira Province
pre-Islamic period
wandered according to the seasons
Najd
Euphrates
Upper Mesopotamia
Lower Mesopotamia
Persian Gulf
Taghlib
Banu Tamim
Muhammad
Banu Hashim
Muslim conquest of Persia
al-Muthanna ibn Haritha
Mesopotamia
Diyar Bakr
Armenian Highland
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Syria
Khurasan

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