Banu Lam

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Banu Lam (Arabic: بنو لام) is an Arab tribe of central Arabia and southern Iraq. The tribe claims descent from the ancient Arab tribe of Tayy. It dominated western Nejd (the region between Medina and al-Yamama) before the 15th century. The tribe split into three main bedouin (nomadic) groups: the Fudhool, the Al Kathir, and the Al Mughira. Many clans from Bani Lam, however, remained in Nejd as settled townspeople. [1]

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  1. ^ Nakash, Yitzhak (2003). The Shi'is of Iraq. Princeton University Press. p. 27. ISBN 9780691115757. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  • Perry, J. (1988). "Banī Lām". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Vol. III, Fasc. 7. p. 695.