Banu Khuza'a ( ) is an Arabian
tribe.
Origin
Khuza'a known as
Haritha Amr bin Muzaqiba.
Lead a branch of the
Azd Qahtani tribes wandered with his tribe in Hijaz
until they came to Mar al-Zahran. Later, they conquered the Haram,
and settled in Mecca after having driven away its people, the tribe
of
Jurhum, They were later replaced by their
Adnani allied tribe of
Quraish.
The tribe that was
exiled from Yemen
following
the trials of the Lakhmids and they settled the southern part of
the Lakhmid Kingdom in the Samawa
region.
History
At an unknown date, the Banu Khuza'a managed to wrest over the
Mecca valley and its well from the
Banu
Jarham, a tribe said to be related to the Biblical
Amalekites.
Their chief, Amr ibn Lahi al-Khuza'i brought an
idol named Hobal from Syria
to the
sanctuary called the Kaaba
, treating
the safety of Hobal as the means of continuing his rule.
Hobal had the figure of an old man with a long beard and was made
of carnelian. Its right hand had been amputated but the Quraish
provided it with a hand made of gold.
In the 5th century CE, the Banu Khuza'a lost their authority over
the Kaaba to the allied tribe of the
Quraish
led by
Qusai ibn Kilab, who had
married a woman from the Khuza'a and succeeded his
father-in-law.
The Khuza'a remained allies of the Quraish and in
570, the
Year of the
Elephant, took part in the battle against
Abraha.
In
630 the Khuza'a were attacked by the
Banu Bakr, allies of the Quraish.
Since the Khuza'a had recently formed an alliance with Muhammad,
this attacked constituted a breach of the
Treaty of Hudaybiyya of 628, that had
brough about a truce between the Muslims and the Quraish and
forbade hostilities between the two groups and their respective
allies. This led to the
conquest of
Mecca by the Muslim armies, which occurred without a
battle.
The
Banu Mustaliq was a branch of Banu
Khuza'a.
They occupied the territory of Qadid on the Red
Sea
shore between Jeddah
and Rabigh
.
Members
See also
external source
-
http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Articles/companion/04_abu_bakr.htm
- Almaqhafi, Awwad: Qabayl Wa Biton Al-Arab
- Almsaodi, Abdulaziz: Tarikh Qabayl Al-Arab
- TheArabHistory.Com, Website
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