Kinda (Arabia)
The term Kinda ( Arabic كندة) denotes a tribal federation in central Arabia in the 6th century .
The Kinda were a South Arabian tribe from the western Hadramaut . In the 5th century they penetrated central and northern Arabia and were united under the Hudschr to form a tribal kingdom.
At the beginning of the 6th century after the Marib Dam was broken, the Kinda broke under Hudschrs grandson al-Harith ibn Amr in Mesopotamia and conquered with Hira the capital of Lakhmids ( 529 ). However, the Kinda were in the same year by the Lachmids under Mundir III. defeated. In these battles al-Harit ibn Amr fell, which led to the apostasy of the tribes and the dissolution of the tribal kingdom. Some of the Kinda withdrew into the Hadramaut in the following period.
Descendants of childid tribes now live mainly in Yemen , Saudi Arabia and scattered in Indonesia , India , Malaysia and Singapore . The Osama bin Ladens family also traces its origins back to the Kinda.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Scheuer : Yemen still close to al-Qaeda's heart. In: Asia Times Online , February 7, 2008 [1]