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Hudayr al-Kata'ib

حضير الكتائب

Hudayr, called 'of the Squadrons', father of Usayd ibn Hudayr (may God be pleased with him) and the Aws commander on the day of Bu'ath; Khufaf ibn Nadba eulogised him as 'Hudayr of generosity, of squadrons and of council', and it is said he rallied the Aws after the first rout fell on the Khazraj, so they returned and prevailed 1.

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Pre-Islamic Arabia
Region
Arabia
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Hudayr al-Kata'ib, father of Usayd ibn Hudayr, and leader of the Aws on the day of Bu'ath. 2

The day of Bu'ath

Al-Samhudi reports that the poet Khufaf ibn Nudba elegised him with a verse that calls him "Hudayr al-Kata'ib". He says that Hudayr held the Aws firm after the Khazraj had first gained the upper hand, so they returned and were victorious; this is given in the form "it is said" in the source. 2

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Member of
al-Aws
Participated in
The day of Bu'ath

People and things also explored

Banu Abd al-Ashhal· Abu 'Amir al-Rahib· The day of Bu'ath· al-Aws· The War of Ka'b ibn Amr al-Mazini· The War of Samir· al-Khazraj· Banu Haritha ibn al-Harith

Sources

  1. Wafa al-Wafa bi-akhbar dar al-Mustafa — al-Samhudi (older print) , p. 229-230
  2. Wafa al-Wafa bi-akhbar dar al-Mustafa — al-Samhudi (older print) , p.229-230
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Banu Abd al-Ashhal

A clan of the Aws, Banu Abd al-Ashhal ibn Jusham ibn al-Harith; after Abu Jubayla's departure they settled a quarter south of Banu Zafar's, by the edge of the eastern Harra, and built the utm 'Waqim' — held by Hudayr ibn Simak, after whom the quarter was named — and another called 'al-Ra'l' for Sakhra umm Banu Abd al-Ashhal, crying at Bu'ath 'we are Banu Sakhra, lords of the Ra'l'. A war with Banu Haritha drove the latter from the shared quarter to the Yathrib neighbourhood.