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- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
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Summary
In Ka'b's account, "the king of Ghassan" sent him a letter with a Nabataean of Syria's Nabataeans, inviting him to join him 1.
In this batch
The letter, its text and Ka'b's reply to it are in the event of the letter. 1
Source notes and markers of doubt
- The text does not name the king and attributes to him only the title "king of Ghassan". The page is about a tribe or kingdom according to the text, not a historical investigation (needs_source).
In the introduction to al-Raheeq al-Makhtum
Al-Raheeq al-Makhtum counts the sons of Jafna, the kings of Syria, among the clans of Kahlan of Qahtan. Jafna ibn Amr went from the Azd to Syria, where he and his sons settled. He is the father of the Ghassanid kings, named after a water in the Hijaz called Ghassan, where they first settled 2 3 4. Sulayman al-Nadwi's preferred view, which the book reports, is that the kings of the house of Ghassan came from the house of Nabit ibn Isma'il, not from Qahtan 5 6.
The house of Ghassan overcame al-Dajaima, and the Romans made them kings over the Arabs of Syria. Their base was Dumat al-Jandal. The Ghassanids remained agents of the Roman kings until the battle of al-Yarmuk in 13 AH. Their last king, Jabala ibn al-Ayham, embraced Islam in the reign of Umar ibn al-Khattab (may God be pleased with him) 7 8 9. The Ghassanids embraced Christianity because of their proximity to the Romans 10. See the Ghassanid kingdom.
Connections
- Has member
- al-Harith ibn Abi Shamir al-Ghassani· Jabala ibn al-Ayham
- Founded by
- al-Azd
- Participated in
- The letter of the king of Ghassan to Ka'b ibn Malik· The War of al-Harith al-A'raj on Banu Taghlib
- Has practice
- Christianity in Arabia before Islam
People and things also explored
Banu Taghlib ibn Wa'il· The War of al-Harith al-A'raj on Banu Taghlib· al-Harith ibn Abi Shamir al-Ghassani· Battle of the Yarmuk· Surad ibn Abdullah al-Azdi comes to the Prophet and embraces Islam· The Letters to Rulers and Kings· Surad ibn Abdullah's campaign against Jurash and the conversion of its people· The three who were left behind after Tabuk
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/179
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.16
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.17
- Qalb Jazirat al-Arab — Fuʾad Hamza , p.231-235
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.20
- Tarikh Ard al-Quran — Sulayman al-Nadwi , 2/78-86
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.27
- Muhadarat Tarikh al-Umam al-Islamiyya — Muhammad al-Khudari , 1/34
- Tarikh Ard al-Quran — Sulayman al-Nadwi , 2/80-82
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.41
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Ghassan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/group/ghassan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.