Kinda (tribe)

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Kinda
Kahlanite Arab tribe
NisbaKindī
Descended fromThawr ibn Ufayr ibn Adi ibn al-Harith ibn Murra ibn Adad ibn Zayd ibn Amr ibn Urayb ibn Zayd ibn Kahlan
Branches
  • Mu'awiya
    • Al-Harith al-Asghar
      • Al-Arqam
      • Jabala
      • Hind
      • Al-Tumah
    • Amr
      • Akil al-Murar
        • Al-Jawn
      • Imru al-Qays
      • Al-Wallada
        • Wali'a
  • Ashras
    • Sakun
    • Sakasik
      • Al-Aswad
ReligionArabian polytheism (until 630s), Judaism (until 630s), Mazdakism (very limited in 520s), Christianity (early 6th century), Islam (630s and after)

The Kinda (Arabic: كِنْدَة, Ancient South Arabian script: