Banu Taym


Banū Taym is a clan of the Quraishi tribe, descended from Fihr ibn Malik and Adnan.

Ancestry

The tribe descended from Taym ibn Murrah ibn Ka'b ibn Lu'ay ibn Ghalib ibn Fihr ibn Malik ibn An-Nadr ibn Kinanah. Taym was a member of the Quraysh al-Bitah, and an uncle of the Qurayshi chief Qusai ibn Kilab, who was a paternal ancestor of the Islamic Nabi Muhammad.
The descendants of Banu Taym are nowadays widely expanded throughout the Arab World in different subclans such as in Yemen, Egypt, Somalia, Oman, Pakistan but also places like Bangladesh and India.

Notable members