Banu Jusham

The Banu Jusham (Arabic: بنو جشم‎) were a large sub-tribe in the Arabian Peninsula during the time of Mohammed. According to genealogists and various oral traditions, they are the descendants of Jusham ibn Mu'awiyah ibn Bakr ibn Hawazin.

The Banu Jusham bin Muawiyah
(Arabic: بنو جشم بن معاوية‎)
Adnanite/Qaysi Arab tribe/Ismaelites
Descended fromJusham ibn Mu'awiyah ibn Bakr ibn Hawazin ibn Mansur ibn Ikrimah ibn Khasafah ibn Qays ʿAylān ibn Mudar ibn Nizar ibn Ma'add ibn Adnan.
Parent tribeHawazin
Branches
  • Banu Ghuzayya
  • Banu Us'ma
  • Banu Uday
ReligionPolytheism (pre-630s)
Islam (post 630s)

The lineage of some of the branch of Barga of the Utayba tribe is traced to Hawazin through Jusham ibn Muawiyah. In the 21st century, the name has slightly evolved for one clan from Banu Jusham, or al-Jush'ami to al-Qathami.[1]

Branches

The main tribes that constituted this sub-tribe were as follows:

  • Bani Guzayah
  • Bani Ouseema
  • Bani Oday
  • Bani Eshan

Notable members

Dorayd bin Al Soma, a poet and a knight who is said in Pre-Islamic Arabic folklore to have never been defeated in battle.

References
  1. Al-Qthami, Hmood bin Dawi (1985). North of Hejaz. Jeddah: Dar Al Bayan. p. 213.
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