Banu Uqayl
بنو عقيل
Banu Uqayl ibn Ka'b — the great Qaysi tribe of the Jazira who held Mosul and its marches from the late fourth century: Qirwash ibn al-Muqallad Mu'tamad al-Dawla ruled Mosul, Kufa and the Euphrates shore, then Quraysh ibn Badran 1.
At a glance
- Era
- Abbasid Fragmentation · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq · Arabia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
Banu Uqayl ibn Ka'b ibn Amir ibn Sa'sa'a, of Qays. According to Ibn al-Jawzi they were the largest Arab tribal groups in al-Jazira. They ruled Mosul and its surroundings from the end of the fourth century AH. 1
Among them was Qiyrawash ibn al-Muqallad, Mu'tamid al-Dawla, who held Mosul, Kufa and the bank of the Euphrates. He was followed by Quraysh ibn Badran. 1
Note on the data: the summary refers to volume 8 of al-Muntazam, while the source field of the entity data gives volume 7.
Connections
People and things also explored
Al-Muqallad ibn al-Musayyib (Husam al-Dawla)· وقعة البساسيري والخطبة للمستنصر العبيدي ببغداد· Uqaylid dynasty· Abu al-Darda' Muhammad ibn al-Musayyib al-Uqayli· مسلم بن قريش شرف الدولة· Qirwash ibn al-Muqallad al-Uqayli· Quraysh ibn Badran al-Uqayli· أخذ مسلم بن قريش العقيلي حلب
Sources
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi, j.8 p.489-490
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islam.museum contributors. “Banu Uqayl”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/group/banu-uqayl/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.