Basus War
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The Basus (or Basous) War (often written al-Basus War; Arabic: حرب البسوس ḥarab al-basūs) was a famous conflict between two rival clans in medieval Arabia. The Taghlib and Bakr tribes fought for roughly forty years (from 494-534 CE), locked in a perpetual cycle of vengeance. In parts of the Arab World today, the Basus War has been incorporated into an aphorism warning people against vendettas.
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