Hashid
هاشد
One of the two great shafts of Hamdan, brother of Bakil — Hashid ibn Jusham of the Hamdan line. Its homelands, mapped by its own son al-Hamdani, run from La'a south of Sana'a to Khaywan and the borders of Sa'da — 'the strongest and proudest country of Yemen', a six-days' march — with Jahiliyya markets headed by Qibil-Qummal, Safir and Qutaba 1.
At a glance
- Era
- Pre-Islamic Arabia
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Overview
Hashid is one of the two great wings of Hamdan, and a brother of Bakil. Its lineage is Hashid ibn Jusham ibn Hibran ibn Nawf ibn Hamdan. 2
Al-Hamdani, who was himself one of them, describes their lands: from the first of their country, La'a, south of Sana'a, to Khiwan and the borders of Sa'da. He says that it is "the most secure and mighty of the dwellings of Yemen", a journey of six days. They had old markets from the pre-Islamic period, the first of which was the market of Qabl and Qamal, the market of Safir, and the market of Qatabba. 2
Note on the data: the entity title uses a different spelling of the name from the form usual in the sources. A written prayer that does not fit the museum's voice has been left out of the summary.
Connections
- Related to
- Bakil
- Member of
- Banu Hamdan
People and things also explored
Bakil· Banu Hamdan· The Day of al-Radm between Murad and Hamdan· The delegation and mission to Hamdan· The First Abyssinian Occupation of Yemen· Yaʿūq· al-Ajda' ibn Malik al-Hamdani· Dimam ibn Malik al-Salmani
Sources
- Sifat Jazirat al-Arab of al-Hamdani (Müller ed.), pp. 93-96
- Sifat Jazirat al-Arab of al-Hamdani (Müller ed.), pp.93-96
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islam.museum contributors. “Hashid”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/group/hashid/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.