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Banu Jafna

بنو جفنة

A batn of Ghassan of al-Azd — the royal house of the Ghassanid kings in Syria under Byzantium; the Jafnids whose line includes Jabala ibn al-Ayham, the last king 1 2.

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Arabia

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Ghassan

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Christianity in Arabia before Islam· The letter of the king of Ghassan to Ka'b ibn Malik· The War of al-Harith al-A'raj on Banu Taghlib· al-Azd· al-Harith ibn Abi Shamir al-Ghassani· Jabala ibn al-Ayham· Ghassan

Sources

  1. Tarikh al-Rusul wa-l-Muluk — al-Tabari
  2. al-Alam — al-Zirikli
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Christianity in Arabia before Islam

Christianity came to Arabia through the Abyssinian and Roman occupations in al-Raheeq al-Makhtum's account: Christian missions entered Yemen during the first Abyssinian occupation, Najran was converted by the ascetic Faymiyun, Abraha spread it vigorously and built the Yemeni Kaaba to divert the Arabs' pilgrimage, and the Ghassanids, Taghlib, Tayy and some kings of al-Hira adopted it from their proximity to the Romans.