Najd
Najd or Nejd (Arabic: نجد , Naǧd), literally Highland, is the central region of the Arabian Peninsula. Najd is known for its puritanical interpretation of Islam (Hanbali) and Najd is considered the birthplace of Wahhabism. Unlike Hejaz, Najd is remote and stayed outside of the reign of important Islamic empires such as the Umayyads and the Ottoman Empire. This fact largely shaped Najd's cultural dissimilarity to Hejaz.[1]
Origin of name
The Arabic word nejd literally means "upland" and was once applied to a variety of regions within the Arabian Peninsula.
Location
However, the most famous of these was the central region of the Peninsula roughly bounded on the west by the mountains of the Hejaz and Yemen and to the east by the historical region of Bahrain and the north by Iraq and Syria.
History
Jat History
Prof. Abdul Ali[2] mentions that yet another solid evidence of the Jats' active participation in the socio-political life of the Arabs is clear from the fact that they made their presence felt in the riddah (secession) wars triggered by the death of the Prophet in 632 AD, in which almost all Arabia broke off from the newly organized Muslim state and followed a number of local rulers and false prophets. As represented by Arab chroniclers, the Jats settled at Qatif and Hajar in Bahrain, sided with al-Hutam Bin Dubay'ah of the tribe of Qays Bin Tha' labah who had raised the banner of revolt by rallying around him the rebels of the tribe of Bakr Bin Wa'il and Other non-Muslims of that region.[3] It is said that the Banu Hanifah tribe of Yamamah, who had gathered under the banner of their leader derisively called in Arab history as Musaylimah al-Kadhdhab (musaylimah, the liar), offered the most stubborn resistance to Khalid Ibn al-Walid, the hero of the secession wars. About 40,000 fighting men under the command of Musaylimah were equipped with sharp Indian swords which were most probably provided by the Jats of Najran and Najd.[4]
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References
- ↑ Riedel, Bruce (2011). "Brezhnev in the Hejaz". The National Interest 115. Retrieved April 23, 2012.
- ↑ The Jats, Vol. 2: Socio-Political and Military Role of Jats in West Asia as Gleaned from Arabic Sources,pp.12-13
- ↑ Muhammad Bin Jarir al-Tabari, Tarikh al-Tabari, Vol. m, Cairo, 1962, p. 304.
- ↑ 'Arab wa Hind 'Ahd-e Risalat Men. Op. cif .. p. 70.
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