Banu Jusham


The Banu Jusham were a large sub-tribe in the Arabian Peninsula during the time of Mohammed. According to genealogists and various oral traditions, they are the descendants of Jusham ibn Mu'awiyah ibn Bakr ibn Hawazin.
The lineage of some of the branch of Barga of the Utayba tribe is traced to Hawazin through Jusham ibn Muawiyah. In the 21st century, the name has slightly evolved for one clan from Banu Jusham, or al-Jush'ami to al-Qathami.

Branches

The main tribes that constituted this sub-tribe were as follows:
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