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Riyah ibn Hilal

رياح بن هلال

Riyah ibn Hilal of the Hilal ibn Amir branches, the most numerous and proudest of the Maghreb's Arab divisions; their lands around Constantine, the Selm and the Zab, with the Utba branch near Bijaya and a great mass in the Far Maghreb — Ibn Hazm names them 'Banu Riyah who ruined Ifriqiya', and of them Banu Ali the Gabes amirs of Banu Jami' and other Arab chiefs.

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At a glance

Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Maghreb
Identifiers
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Overview

Riyah ibn Hilal is a branch of Banu Hilal ibn Amir. Ibn Khaldun describes them as among the most numerous Arab peoples in the Maghrib. 1

Their homelands

Their lands were in the regions of Constantine, al-Salam and al-Zab. Among them were Utba in the regions of Bejaia, and a great many in the far Maghrib. Among them were the Banu Ali, emirs of Gabes. 1

Ibn Khaldun quotes Ibn Hazm's view of them: that they were among the branches of Banu Hilal "who corrupted Ifriqiya". This is Ibn Hazm's judgement as Ibn Khaldun relays it. 1

Connections

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Part of
Banu Hilal

People and things also explored

Athbaj· Zughba· Banu Hilal

Sources

  1. Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun , p.478
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Athbaj

The Athbaj of the Hilal ibn Amir branches; of them Siraj by Barqa and Iyadh at Jabal al-Qal'a — their bands settled the Zab's villages over the earlier Zanata and conquest folk until all the Zab's people bore their name, of them the Banu Muzni amirs of Biskra, the first of Hilal's divisions to win a homeland in Ifriqiya and the most village-settled.