Banu Hudura
بنو حضورا
A mighty extinct nation — Arabs or Japhetic, the sources differed — who killed their prophet Shu'ayb ibn Mihdam (not Shu'ayb of Madyan); at the prophet Barkhya's word Bukhtanassar marched on 'the Arabs whose houses have no bolts' and a heavenly caller scattered them to the sword; their lands are placed at al-Samawa or in Qinnasrin toward Tall Masikh 1.
At a glance
- Era
- Pre-Islamic Arabia
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Overview
A great people with great force who overcame much of the land, according to al-Mas'udi. 1
Their lineage and dwellings
People disagree about their lineage: some joined them to the perished Arabs, and others saw them as descendants of Yafith. Their dwellings are also disputed: some placed them in the land of al-Samawa between Iraq and Syria, and others in the lands of the district of Qinnasrin, from Tall Masih to Khunasira. 1
Their story in al-Mas'udi
Al-Mas'udi reports that God sent them a prophet, Shu'ayb ibn Mahdam, and that he was not the Shu'ayb of Midian, and that there were centuries between them. They killed him. He then says that God revealed to Barkhiya ibn Akhbiya of the tribe of Judah that he should order Nebuchadnezzar to invade the Arabs. He marched against them, their armies scattered, and the sword took them. 1
This account is transmitted by al-Mas'udi alone among the sources on this page, and needs a second source.
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 464-465
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islam.museum contributors. “Banu Hudura”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/group/banu-hudura/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.