Azd

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This article is about Azd, a tribe in Yemen. For the sorority, see Alpha Xi Delta.

The Azd or Al Azd, are an Arabian tribe. They were a branch of the Kahlan tribe, which was one of the two branches of Qahtan (the aboriginal Arabs), the other being Himyar.

In the ancient times, they inhabited Ma'rib, the capital city of the Sabaean Kingdom in modern-day Yemen.^{[citation needed]} Their lands were irrigated by the Ma'rib Dam, which is thought by some to have been one of the Ancient World Wonders because of its size. When the dam collapsed for the last time (c. 570), a large number of the Azd tribe left Yemen and immigrated in many directions. Azd is also a widely used male name in Yemen.

[edit] Influential people or branches of Azd

• The Ghassanids of Syria
• The Lakhmids of Iraq
• Jabir ibn Hayyan, a famous Alchemist
• Ibn Duraid
• Khalil ibn Ahmad
• The sultan's of Oman
• The emir's of UAE

[edit] References

• http://www.uaeinteract.com/history/e_walk/con_3/con3_31.asp
• http://www.muslimaccess.com/sunnah/seerah/1.htm