Tayy
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The Tayy (/ALA-LC: Ṭayyi’; Musnad: 𐩷𐩺), also known as Ṭayyi, Tayyaye, or Taiyaye, are a large and ancient Arab tribe, among whose descendants today are the tribes of Bani Sakher and Shammar. The nisba (patronymic) of Tayy is aṭ-Ṭāʾī (). In the second century CE, they migrated to the northern Arabian ranges of the Shammar and Salma Mountains, which then collectively became known as the Jabal Tayy, and later Jabal Shammar. The latter continues to be the traditional homeland of the tribe until the present day. They later established relations with the Sasanian and Byzantine empires.
Key facts
- Tribe.name
- Banu Tayy
- Tribe.type
- Kahlanite Arab tribe
- Tribe.location
- 2nd century CE–10th century: Jabal Tayy and Syrian Desert 10th century–16th century: Jabal Tayy, Syrian Desert, Jibal al-Sharat, al-Balqa, Palmyrene Steppe, Upper Mesopotamia, Northern Hejaz, Najd
- Tribe.parent_tribe
- Kahlan
- Tribe.descended
- Julhumah bin 'Udad bin Zayd bin Yashjub bin Arib
- Tribe.branches
- Bani Sakher Al al-Ghawth Banu Thu'al Banu Jarrah Al Fadl Banu Nabhan Banu Hani Shammar Al Jadilah Al Mafarijah Al al-Tha'alib Banu Lam
- Tribe.religion
- Polytheism (pre-630) Miaphysite Christianity (pre-638) Islam (post 630)
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18 sectionsContents
- Genealogy
- Branches
- Pre-Islamic era
- Migration to Jabal Tayy
- Relations with Sassanids and Byzantines
- Fifth century
- Sixth century
- Islamic era
- Emergence of Islam
- Ridda Wars
- Rashidun conquests
- Umayyad period
- Abbasid period
- Fatimid period
- Later Islamic era
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
The Tayy (/ALA-LC: Ṭayyi’; Musnad: 𐩷𐩺), also known as Ṭayyi, Tayyaye, or Taiyaye, are a large and ancient Arab tribe, among whose descendants today are the tribes of Bani Sakher and Shammar. The nisba (patronymic) of Tayy is aṭ-Ṭāʾī (). In the second century CE, they migrated to the northern Arabian ranges of the Shammar and Salma Mountains, which then collectively became known as the Jabal Tayy, and later Jabal Shammar. The latter continues to be the traditional homeland of the tribe until the present day. They later established relations with the Sasanian and Byzantine empires.
Though traditionally allied with the Sasanian client state of the Lakhmids, the Tayy supplanted them as the rulers of al-Hirah in the 610s. In the late sixth century, the Fasad War split the Tayy, with members of its Jadila branch converting to Christianity and migrating to Syria where they became allied with the Ghassanids, and the Ghawth branch remaining in Jabal Tayy. A chieftain and poet of the Al Ghawth, Hatim al-Ta'i, is widely known among Arabs until today.