Bakr b. Wāʾil - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Bakr b. Wāʾil - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Webb, Peter

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1060879
Doc. NO	:	ALei1276
Main Entry	:	Webb, Peter
Title & Author	:	Bakr b. Wāʾil - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Webb, Peter
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(1,643 words)
Abstract	:	Bakr b. Wāʾil is one of the largest lineage groups of the “Northern Arabs” in Muslim-era genealogies. At the dawn of Islam, the sub-tribes of the Bakr b. Wāʾil lived in the area between the desert frontier in central Iraq and al-Yamāma in the Arabian Peninsula. Like most super-tribal lineages, it is challenging to speak of the Bakr as one cohesive corporate entity across history. Whilst the name “Bakr b. Wāʾil” is found in pre-Islamic poetry, its constituent sub-tribes were not united before the
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei1276.pdf