Banu Shayban

Banu Shayban
بنو شيبان
Adnanites
Banner of Banu Shayban
NisbaAl-Shaybani الشيباني
LocationJazira
Descended fromShayban ibn Tha'labah ibn Akaba ibn Saab ibn Ali ibn Bakr ibn Wa'il
ReligionPaganism, later Islam

The Banu Shayban (Arabic: بنو شيبان, romanized: Banū Shaybān) is an Arab tribe, a branch of the Banu Bakr. Throughout the early Islamic era, the tribe was settled chiefly in al-Jazira Province and played an important role in its history.

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