The Judham (Arabic: بنو جذام, romanized: Banū Jud͟hām) was a large Arab tribe that inhabited the southern Levant and northwestern Arabia during the late antique and early Islamic eras (5th–8th centuries). Under the Byzantine Empire, the tribe was nominally Christian and fought against the Muslim armies between 629 and 636, until the Byzantines and their Arab allies were defeated at the Battle of Yarmouk. Afterward, the Judham converted to Islam and became the largest tribal faction of Jund Filastin (district of Palestine).
The origins of the Judham are not clear. They may have been descendants of the northern Arabs, though the tribe itself claimed Yamanite (southern Arab) origins. However, this may have done to draw closer to their Yamanite allies in Syria.
The Judham (Arabic: بنو جذام, romanized: BanūJud͟hām) was a large Arab tribe that inhabited the southern Levant and northwestern Arabia during the late...
were later joined with the Sicasik, BanuJudham and the Ghassanids. The Lakhmids produced The Abadi, Ubadi and Banu Bahr dynasties in Spain. Other notable...
though there is some evidence that the Baggara Arabs and Abbala are from BanuJudham and not Juhaynah. Juhaina was the first Arab tribe to entirely convert...
against raids by Bedouin tribes. Among their Arab allies were the BanuJudham and Banu Amilah. The Byzantines were focused more on the East and a long war...
Arab foederati. They were closely linked with the neighbouring BanuJudham and allied to Banu Kalb. The tribe was among the Arab foederati, who, alongside...
The Banu Lakhm (Arabic: بنو لخم) was an Arab tribe best known for its ruling Nasrid, or more commonly, 'Lakhmid', house, which ruled as the Sasanian Empire's...
historian Qutb al-Din al-Nahrawali (d. 1582), the tribe was a branch of the Banu Uqba, the dominant tribe of the al-Karak-Shawbak region during Mamluk Sultanate...
northern Arabian tribes such as the Ghassanids, Lakhmids, Taghlib, Banu Amela, BanuJudham, Tanukhids and Tayy. In the early Christian centuries, Arabia was...
the Arabian peninsula. Among these foederati were the Tanukhids, BanuJudham, Banu Amela and the Ghassanids. The term continues to be attested in the...
confederation of Judham". Ibn Khaldun wrote that BanuJudham originate from Kahlan. Historian al-Maqrizi agrees that al-Ayed/Aydeh descend from BanuJudham. The Abaza...
along with several other Arab tribes in the region including Banu Amilah and BanuJudham. Greeks and Romans referred to all the nomadic population of...
(Arabic: ناتل بن قيس الجذامي) (died 685/86) was the chieftain of the BanuJudham tribe and a prominent tribal leader in Palestine during the reigns of...
conquest by the Muslims in the 630s; the other main components were the Judham, Lakhm, Khuza'a, Khath'am and Azd. Caliph Umar (r. 634–644) appointed two...
arrival of more Bedouin tribes from the Arabian Peninsula, such as Banu Hilal, Banu Sulaym, and Maqil. The last significant wave of Arab migration to the...
century. During the late Byzantine period, Adhruh was a possession of the BanuJudham tribe. It was often visited by the trade caravans of the Meccan tribe...
suppressed, possibly due to the help of older-established Arab tribes like the Judham and Lakhm. However, law and order once again broke down during the reigns...
this same Arab Christian alliance, boosted by the Lakhmids and the BanuJudham was defeated by the Muslim general Khalid ibn al-Walid at Ziza in Transjordan...
due to the half-brothers' youth and inexperience. A chieftain of the BanuJudham, Rawh ibn Zinba', backed Marwan I for the caliphal throne, and the other...
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