Tha'laba ibn Amr al-Azdi

ثعلبة بن عمرو الأزدي

Medina

The Azdi who turned toward the Hijaz in the Azd migration, lived between al-Tha'labiyya and Dhu Qar, then settled Medina when his sons grew; the Aws and the Khazraj, sons of Haritha ibn Tha'laba, descend from him in al-Raheeq al-Makhtum's account.

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Roles
tribal-ancestor
Era
Pre-Islamic Arabia
Region
Arabia
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Medina

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Overview

Tha'laba ibn Amr Muzayqiya, of the Azd. He branched off in the migration of the Azd toward the Hijaz and settled between al-Tha'labiyya and Dhu Qar. When his son grew up and his strength increased, he set out for Medina, settled there and made it his home 1 2.

The Aws and the Khazraj

al-Raheeq al-Makhtum says that among the sons of this Tha'laba were the Aws and the Khazraj, the two sons of Haritha ibn Tha'laba 1. In another place the author cites the preference of Sulayman al-Nadawi that the Ansar, of the Aws and the Khazraj, were not of the family of Qahtan but of the family of Nabit ibn Isma'il 3 4. Their lineage is therefore a matter of dispute among genealogists.

For young visitors

Tha'laba was the grandfather of the Aws and the Khazraj, the two tribes who lived in Medina and supported the Prophet ﷺ after the Hijra.

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Sibling of
Imran ibn Amr Muzayqiya
Child of
Amr ibn Amir Muzayqiya
Member of
al-Azd
Lived in
Medina

People and things also explored

Jafna ibn Amr· Imran ibn Amr Muzayqiya· Surad ibn Abdullah al-Azdi comes to the Prophet and embraces Islam· al-Azd· Amr ibn Amir Muzayqiya· Judaism in Arabia before Islam· The brotherhood of the Muhajirun and Ansar· Death of Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib at Medina

Sources

  1. al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.17
  2. Qalb Jazirat al-Arab — Fuʾad Hamza , p.231-235
  3. al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.20
  4. Tarikh Ard al-Quran — Sulayman al-Nadwi , 2/78-86
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