كليب بن ربيعة

Kulayb ibn Rabi'a al-Taghlabi, of the Banu Taghlib. His name was Wa'il ibn Rabi'a. ²

He was called Kulayb because he used to take with him a pup of a dog, which he would strike and throw into whatever meadow pleased him, so that no one would approach it. The banner of Rabi'a passed to him, and Mudar gathered only under three men of whom he was the third. He was the commander of Mudar on the day of Khazaz, when he broke the hosts of Yemen. ²

He was filled with pride and tyranny until he would guard the places of the clouds. He was killed by Jassas ibn Murra al-Shaybani, when he shot the udder of a she-camel of his neighbour from the Jurm, and this led to the war of al-Basus. He was the brother of al-Muhalhil. ²