Banu Yashkur
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EthnicityArab
NisbaAl-Yashkuri
(اليشكري)
LocationNajd, al-Yamama
(in present-day Saudi Arabia)
Descended fromYashkur ibn Bakr ibn Wa'il
| Banu Yashkur بني يشكر | |
|---|---|
| Adnanite Arabs | |
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| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Nisba | Al-Yashkuri (اليشكري) |
| Location | Najd, al-Yamama (in present-day Saudi Arabia) |
| Descended from | Yashkur ibn Bakr ibn Wa'il |
| Religion | Pagan and Christianity, later Islam |
The Banu Yashkur (Arabic: بنو يشكر) is an Arab tribe belonging to the larger Banu Bakr ibn Wa'il tribe. The tribe is originally from Al-Yamama and had control over this region in the pre-Islamic period.
The tribe descended from Yashkur ibn Bakr ibn Wa'il ibn Qasit ibn Hanab ibn Afsa ibn Da'mi ibn Jadila ibn Asad ibn Rabi'a ibn Nizar ibn Ma'ad ibn Adnan.
