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( Tamim)
Bani Tamim or Banu Tamim or Banu Tameem (Arabic ??? ?????) is one of the largest of all Arab tribes. The tribe's history goes back to pre-Islamic times, known as Banu Taym, a sub-clan of Quraysh. Today millions descend from the tribe in the Arabian Peninsula and neighboring countries such as Iraq and Jordan. The word Tamim in Arabic means strong and solid.[1] The Bani Tamim are located primarily in Najd (Central Saudi Arabia), central and southern Iraq (Basra and Diyala) and the Iranian province of Khuzestan and in south and north of Yemen [Hadramot, and Taiz city]. Members of this tribe are commonly identifiable by the surnames of "Al-Tamimi" or "al-Tamimi", which can be spelled as "Al-Timimi" or "Al-Temimi" in reflection of the local accent. The tribe's progenitor Tamim or Taym ibn Murrah ibn Ka'ab is said to have lived in the 1st century CE and is reported to have met one of Jesus Christ's disciples. Kilab who is Taym's brother, is an ancestor of Prophet Muhammad. Notable persons from Banu Taym were Abu Bakr and Talha ibn Ubayd-Allah Through their ancestor Tamim, the tribe traces its lineage to Adnan and the prophets Ishmael and Abraham.Nowadays Tamim is the largest arabic tribe. Banu Taym or Banu Tamim converted to Islam in the eighth year after the Hijra[citation needed]. In an Islamic hadith, Prophet Muhammad remarked that the Tamim tribe would be the most vigorous of his community in fighting the Dajjal (the Antichrist), an evil figure in Islamic eschatology[2].
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