Banu Sulaym
Banu Sulaym were an Arab tribe that had lived in Hejaz and Nejd during the rise of Islam, and settled in North Africa along with Banu Hilal in the 11th century.
Origin
Banu Sulaym trace their origin to Qais 'Ailan bin Mudhar bin Nizar bin Ma'ad bin Adnan. They lived in Hijaz with the other Qaisi tribes, Banu Hawazin and Banu Ghatafan, and remained in the Eastern part of Hijaz until the 7th century. Then they fought the Ansar and Qureish Muslims (Battle of the Trench), and later 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
Beni Sulaym were an Arabian tribe that migrated to North Africa from Nejd and Hejaz via Egypt following the trails of the Beni Hilal 1049. Their influx was a major factor in the linguistic, cultural and ethnic Arabization of the Maghreb, and in the spread of nomadism in areas where agriculture had previously been dominant.
Banu Sulaym were composed of four main groups—the Banu Hebib, the 'Awf, the Debbab, and the Zegb. The Hebib settled in Cyrenaica, while the others went into Tripolitania. 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 of Tripolitania.
Notes
The Al Bin Ali tribe are from Banu Sulaim
See also
References
- Aymn Almsaodi, The Desert Race, p. 108.