Back الأوس (قبيلة) Arabic Бәнү Аус Bashkir বনু আউস Bengali/Bangla Al-Aws Catalan ئەوس CKB Aus (Stamm) German Banu Aŭs Esperanto اوس Persian Banu Aws French Evs Croatian
| Banu Aws (Arabic: بنو أوس) | |
|---|---|
| Kahlanite Arab tribe | |
| Nisba | Awsi |
| Location | Medina, Hejaz |
| Descended from | Aws bin Haritha bin Tha'labah bin Amr bin 'Amir bin Haritha bin Tha'labah bin Mazen bin al-Azd |
| Parent tribe | Azd |
| Language | Arabic |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
The Banū Aws (Arabic: بنو أوس pronounced [ˈbanuː ʔaws], "Sons of Aws") or simply Aws (Arabic: أوس, also romanised as Aus) was one of the main Arab tribes of Medina. The other was Khazraj, and the two, constituted the Ansar ("Helpers of Muhammad”) after the Hijra.[1][2][3]
The Aws tribe descend from the ancient tribe al-Azd, a branch of the Qahtanite Arabs[4] Aws and Khazraj were known as Banū Qayla (بنو قيلة [ˈbænuː ˈqɑjlæ]) in pre-Islamic era.[1]
- ^ a b Watt 1986, p. 771.
- ^ Gottheil & Hirschfeld
- ^ Jacobs & Montgomery
- ^ Peters, Francis E. (1994). Muhammad and the Origins of Islam. SUNY Press. ISBN 9780791418758.