Banu 'Akk

Banu 'Akk
بنو عك
Adnanite/Qahtanite
Banner of Banu 'Akk
EthnicityArab
NisbaAl-'Akki العكي
LocationYemen
Descended fromAl-Dith ibn Adnan
BranchesBanu Ghafiq
ReligionArabian Paganism, later Islam

Banu 'Akk (Arabic: بنو عك pronounced [ˈbanuː ʕak], Ancient South Arabian:𐩲𐩫𐩣 lit. ʿkm, ʿAkkum; Greek:’Αχχιται) or simply 'Akk, was one of the main pre-Islamic Arab tribes. The tribe inhabited Yemen in the Jahiliyyah.

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