Tribes that Followed Quraysh in al-Hums

Kinana and Khuza‘ah joined Quraysh in this practice. Ibn Hisham said: Abu ‘Ubaydah the grammarian told me that Banu ‘Amir ibn Sa‘sa‘ah ibn Mu‘awiyah ibn Bakr ibn Hawazin also joined them. ‘Amr ibn Ma‘dikarib said in a poem: O ‘Abbas, had our fine horses been at Tathlith, you would not have challenged the Hums after me. Ibn Hisham said: Tathlith is a place in their land. Shiyar means fine, well-fed horses. By “the Hums” he means Banu ‘Amir ibn Sa‘sa‘ah; by ‘Abbas he means ‘Abbas ibn Mirdas al-Sulami, who raided Banu Zubayd at Tathlith. This line is from a longer poem by ‘Amr. Ibn Hisham also recited verses by Laqit ibn Zurarah al-Darimi, on the day of Jablah: Come, for they are Banu ‘Abs, the noble and distinguished people among the Hums. Banu ‘Abs were allies of Banu ‘Amir ibn Sa‘sa‘ah on the day of Jablah.

[1] Nasa’t means that you seized them by the forelock and contested with them. The same usage appears in a report from ‘A’ishah: no wife of the Prophet contended with me except Zaynab. [2] This is an addition from recension A. [3] The day of Jablah was forty years before Islam, the year the Messenger was born. See al-‘Iqd al-Farid and al-Rawd al-Unuf. [4] Ajdham is a known command used to urge horses forward. [5] Most copies read jillah, “the great ones”; recension A has al-hillah, meaning those who dwell in the open land. [6] Ibn ‘Abd Rabbih’s al-‘Iqd al-Farid calls this the battle of Shu‘b Jablah and says it was fought by ‘Amir and ‘Abs against Dhubyan and Tamim. [7] ‘Udas is pronounced with a dammah on the dal by most authorities; Abu ‘Ubaydah pronounces it with a fathah. See al-Rawd al-Unuf, Sharh al-Sirah by Abu Dharr, and Ibn Habib’s genealogical works.