حجر بن الحارث الكندي

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 1.

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Pre-Islamic Arabia
Region
Arabia
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Hujr ibn al-Harith ibn Amr al-Kindi, Abu Imru al-Qays, the eldest son of al-Harith ibn Amr al-Kindi and father of the poet Imru al-Qays. He was of Kinda. 2

His rule

Ibn al-Athir reports that his father made him ruler over the Banu Asad ibn Khuzayma, Ghatafan and Kinana, and set for him a reward and a tribute from them. 2

His killing

When he sent his tax collector, the Banu Asad drove away his envoys. He marched against them, took their leaders, seized their property and imprisoned a group of their nobles, among them Ubayd ibn al-Abras. Then their soothsayer Awf ibn Rabi'a prophesied, and they fell upon him in his tent, and Alba' ibn al-Harith al-Kahili killed him, as Hujr had killed his father. Qays and Kinana plundered his spoils. 2

His brothers, in our data, are Shurahbil ibn al-Harith and Salama ibn al-Harith al-Taghlibi. 3

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Child of
al-Harith ibn Amr al-Kindi
Member of
Kinda
Sibling of
شرحبيل بن الحارث الكندي· سلمة بن الحارث الكندي
Parent of
امرؤ القيس بن حجر
Participated in
Killing of Hujr, father of Imru' al-Qays

People and things also explored

Kinda· al-Harith ibn Amr al-Kindi· سلمة بن الحارث الكندي· شرحبيل بن الحارث الكندي· The First Day of al-Kullab· امرؤ القيس بن حجر· Al-Ash'ath ibn Qays comes with the delegation of Kinda· The First Day of Awara

Sources

  1. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 382-383
  2. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p.382-383
  3. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir
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islam.museum contributors. “حجر بن الحارث الكندي”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/hujr-ibn-al-harith-al-kindi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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Kinda

A Kahlani tribe of Qahtan that settled Bahrayn, then Hadramawt, then Najd, where it formed a considerable kingdom that soon vanished; its al-Harith ibn Amr ibn Hujr was installed at al-Hira by Qubadh after al-Mundhir's dismissal.