'Akk
عك
The Yemeni tribe holding the lower wadi against Ghassan above it — their war over the ostrich and the milk's richness one of the Days of the Arabs, fought with trackers reading shade on the camels 1.
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A Yemeni tribe that settled in the lower valley when Ghassan settled above it, at the water known as Ghassan's, between the valleys of Zabid and Ramma. 1
Al-Mas'udi mentions wars between them and Ghassan that are recorded among the days of the Arabs, including the story of the ostrich and the tree. 1
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 441, 498, 500
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