Banu Fazara
The Banu Fazara, Fazzara, Fezara, or Fezzara were a tribe of Arabia whose original homeland was Najd.
Origins
According to the tribal Arab genealogical tradition, the progenitor of the Banu Fazara was Fazāra ibn Dhubyān ibn Baghīḍ ibn Rayth ibn Ghaṭafān. Thus the tribe belonged to the Dhubyan branch of the Ghatafan tribe, making the Banu Fazara a north Arabian tribe. The Banu Fazara ancestral pasture grounds, were in the Wadi al-Rumma region of the Najd which is in central Arabia in current day Saudi Arabia.History
In the pre-Islamic Arabia, the Banu Fazara were known for their rivalry with the Banu Abs, another branch of the Ghatafan. The two tribes fought against each other in the war of Dahis and al-Ghabra, called after the horses of the tribes' respective chiefs, Qays ibn Zuhayr ibn Jadhima of the Banu Abs and Hudhayfa ibn Badr of the Fazara. According to the story of the war, the Banu Fazara originally bested the Banu Abs due to underhanded acts and the Abs retaliated by killing a brother of Hudhayfa. The latter, then his son Hisn, led the tribe during the long-running war. Peace was eventually established between the brother tribes, after which Fazara, under Hisn's son Uyayna, engaged in feuds with the Banu Amir, the Banu Jusham, and other groups.The Banu Fazara under Uyayna Ibn Hisn participated in the Qurayshi siege of the Islamic prophet Muhammad in Medina in 627. They later raided a Muslim expedition under Zayd ibn Haritha al-Kalbi, and in 628, supported the Jewish tribes of Khaybar against the Muslims. By 630, Uyayna made peace with Muhammad and participated in the Muslim victories at the Conquest of Mecca and in the Battle of Hunayn. In 631, Tulayha claimed to be a prophet and the recipient of divine revelation and rebelled against Muhammad. Thus, Tulayha became the third person to claim prophethood among the Arabs against Muhammad. Many tribes acknowledged him as a prophet, which made him sufficiently strong and powerful to lead a confederacy of numerous tribes against the Muslims. Banu Fazara delegation submitted to Muhammad, but after his death in 632, broke off allegiance from the Muslims and joined the rebel chief Tulayha ibn Khuwaylid in the Ridda Wars. The Muslims defeated them, and the Banu Fazara submitted once again to the rule of the Muslims.
Today, a section of the Banu Fazara can be found in Sudan and are part of the Sudanese Arabs they are mostly camel nomads who live in the pastures of North Kordofan the tribes of the Shanabla, Majaneen, Bani Jarrar, and Bani Dhubian are part of the Sudanese branch of Banu Fazara