Kinda

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Kinda, a Yemenite tribe of Kahlan's clans; they settled Bahrayn then Hadramawt then Najd and built a great government that soon perished — Ibn Ishaq says 'Kinda were kings'.

Kinda, a Yemenite tribe of Kahlan's clans, the fourth of Kahlan's migrating sections in the Raheeq: they settled Bahrayn, were forced to leave, settled Hadramawt and suffered as they had there, then settled Najd and built a great government that soon perished leaving no trace. When Qubadh ibn Fayruz, king of Hira, called al-Mundhir ibn Ma' al-Sama' to the Mazdaki creed and he refused, he deposed him and installed al-Harith ibn Amr al-Kindi; then Kisra restored al-Mundhir and sought al-Harith, who escaped to the lands of Kalb and died among them. Al-Ash'ath ibn Qays came in Kinda's delegation — eighty riders in Hira cloaks edged with silk, per al-Zuhri — and they entered Islam; al-Ash'ath claimed descent from Akil al-Murar and the Prophet ﷺ answered 'rather we are Banu al-Nadr ibn Kinana'; Ibn Ishaq says 'Kinda were kings'. And Farwa ibn Musayk came to the Prophet parting from Kinda's kings.

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Kinda, a Yemenite tribe of Kahlan's clans, the fourth of Kahlan's migrating sections in the Raheeq: they settled Bahrayn, were forced to leave, settled Hadramawt and suffered as they had in Bahrayn, then settled Najd and built a great government that soon perished leaving no trace. When Qubadh ibn Fayruz, king of Hira, called al-Mundhir ibn Ma' al-Sama' to the Mazdaki creed and he refused, he deposed him and installed al-Harith ibn Amr ibn Hajar al-Kindi after he answered the call; then Kisra Anushirwan restored al-Mundhir to his governorship and sought al-Harith, who escaped to the lands of Kalb and stayed among them until he died. Al-Ash'ath ibn Qays came in Kinda's delegation — eighty riders per al-Zuhri, in Hira cloaks edged with silk — and they entered Islam; al-Ash'ath claimed descent from Akil al-Murar saying 'and you are a son of Akil al-Murar', and the Prophet ﷺ said 'rather we are Banu al-Nadr ibn Kinana'; Ibn Ishaq says 'Kinda were kings'. Ibn Hisham gives Akil al-Murar's line as 'Mu'awiya ibn Kindi, it is also said Kinda'. And Farwa ibn Musayk came to the Prophet parting from Kinda's kings and keeping his distance.

Overview

Kinda is a Yemeni tribe from the branches of Kahlan. The Sealed Nectar counts them as the fourth group of emigrants from Kahlan. ¹ They settled in Bahrain, were then forced to leave it and settled in Hadramawt, where they met what they had met in Bahrain. Then they settled in Najd and formed a government of great standing, which soon perished and whose traces vanished. ² ³

In the history of al-Hira

When Qubad ibn Firuz called on al-Mundhir ibn Ma' al-Sama', king of al-Hira, to adopt the Mazdakite doctrine and he refused, Qubad deposed him and put in his place al-Harith ibn Amr ibn Hujr al-Kindi, who had accepted his call to this doctrine. ⁴ ⁵ Later Khosrow Anushirvan restored al-Mundhir to his rule and sought al-Harith, who escaped to the lands of Kalb and remained among them until he died. ⁴

In Ibn Hisham's biography (volume 4)

Al-Ash'ath ibn Qays came with the delegation of Kinda, eighty riders, to al-Zuhri. They wore robes of al-Hira trimmed with silk, and they embraced Islam. Al-Ash'ath traced his descent to Akil al-Murar, and said to the Prophet ﷺ: "And you are the son of Akil al-Murar." The Prophet said: "Rather, we are the sons of al-Nadr ibn Kinana." Ibn Ishaq says that "Kinda were kings". ⁶ Ibn Hisham attributes Akil al-Murar to "Mu'awiya ibn Kindi, or it is said Kinda". ⁷ Farwa ibn Musayk came to the Prophet, separating himself from the kings of Kinda and keeping away from them. ⁸

Not covered here

The Sealed Nectar does not detail the kings of Kinda in Najd or the story of Imru' al-Qays. The apostasy of Kinda with al-Ash'ath is covered in the entry on al-Ash'ath.

For young visitors

Kinda is a tribe from Yemen that moved a great deal: from Bahrain to Hadramawt and then to Najd, where it set up a kingdom that did not last long.

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Sources

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.26

Muhadarat Tarikh al-Umam al-Islamiyya — Muhammad al-Khudari , 1/29-32

al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/232

al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/233

al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/228

Sifat Jazirat al-Arab of al-Hamdani (Müller ed.)

حجر بن الحارث الكندي

Hujr ibn al-Harith al-Kindi, eldest of al-Harith's sons and father of the poet Imru' al-Qays; placed over Asad, Ghatafan and Kinana with a yearly levy, he seized their chiefs and plundered their goods when they expelled his collectors — until their kahin prophesied his fall and Ilba' ibn al-Harith speared him in his tent, avenging his own father.

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