Banu al-Anbar of Tamim
بنو العنبر من بني تميم
A clan of Tamim, al-Anbar ibn Amr ibn Tamim; Uyayna ibn Hisn raided them at the Prophet ﷺ's order, killing and taking captives, after which a Tamim delegation came to the Prophet, who freed some captives and ransomed others; Ibn Ishaq names the men killed and the women taken.
At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Overview
A branch of Banu Tamim: al-Anbar ibn Amr ibn Tamim, as Ibn Hisham gives the lineage. 1 Uyayna ibn Hisn raided them on the Prophet's orders, killing and taking captives. Then a delegation of Banu Tamim rode after them, and the Prophet freed some of the captives and ransomed others. See the expedition. 2 1
Those named by Ibn Ishaq
Among their dead were Abd Allah and his two brothers, the sons of Wahb, Shaddad ibn Faras, and Hanzala ibn Darim. Among their captives were Asma bint Malik, Kas bint Ari, Najwa bint Nahd, Jumay'a bint Qays, and Umra bint Matar. Among them was Adi ibn Jandab, whom Salma bint Attab mourned in an elegy. 1
Connections
People and things also explored
Uyayna ibn Hisn's raid on Banu Tamim· al-Aqra' ibn Habis al-Tamimi· Salma bint Attab· Al-Farazdaq's verses on al-Aqra' ibn Habis and the captives of Banu al-Anbar· Salma bint Attab's two verses on the day of Banu al-Anbar· The Prophetic Era· Aisha bint Abi Bakr· al-Zibriqan ibn Badr
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/270
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/269
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islam.museum contributors. “Banu al-Anbar of Tamim”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/group/banu-al-anbar/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.