Legacy of the Banu Asad In the 6th century, the Banu Asad revolted against the Kingdom of
Kindah, A king of
Kindah named Hujr was killed by the Banu Asad, who is the father of the last king of Kindah
Imru' al-Qais, which started a long war between Kindah with the help of some tribes like
Taghlib who were under them against the Banu Asad, the
Himyarite Kingdom aided Imru al-Qais in this war, the war results were the end of the Kingdom of Kindah and Imru al-Qais fleeing Nejd region, the illustrious Arabian ''
mu'allaqat'' poet
'Abid bin al-Abras belonged to the Banu Asad and was fond of vaunting Hujr's murder. In the
Namara inscription, Nasrid king of al-Hira,
Imru al-Qays I ibn Amr claimed he killed two chiefs from Bani Assad, which is mentioned in
Ibn Ishaq where their nephew said a poem about her two uncles the Asadites "One came early to tell me of the death of the two best of Asad, 'Amr b. Mas'tid and the dependable chief (alsamad)". Banu Asad had their own
Talbiyah of the prilgrimage to
Mecca before Islam.
Migration to Iraq The Banu Asad migrated to Iraq in the 7th century and settled in Kufa. They have settled near the banks of the
Euphrates river near Kufa and Karbala and have also settled in Basra and in Ahvaz, sharing land with the
Banu Tamim. The Bani Assad sided with Ali in the
Battle of the Camel. Many
companions of Muhammad and Ali are from the Bani Assad. The Bani Assad tribe sided with
Husayn ibn Ali in the
Battle of Karbala, which took place on
Muharram 10th, 61
AH (October 9 or 10, 680 CE) in Karbala, Iraq. Many martyrs from the Bani Assad clan died with Husayn in the Battle of Karbala.
The Mazyadid emirate of the Banu Asad In 998, Ali ben Mazyad, leader of the Baniu Asad tribe, established a virtually independent
Mazyadid state in the Kufa area of Iraq. Backed by a powerful tribal army, the Mazyadids enjoyed great influence in the area for a century and a half. They acquired titles and subsidies from the
Buyids in return for military services. Their most lasting achievement was the founding of Hillah, one of the main cities in Iraq, which became their capital in 1101. The originator of the Mazyadid name was a scholar, hadith narrator and chemist called Mazyad ben Mikhled al Sadaqa.
Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani commented about the Mazyadid rulers, saying:
Members of the Bani Assad clan outside Iraq Mansour Moosa Al-Mazeedi played an important role in developing the
Constitution of Kuwait issued on January 29, 1963 as part of ''Al Majles Al Ta'sesy'' or Founding Parliament. The Al Mazeedi family are Shia in Iraq, dramatically increasing the influence of Shia minorities in Arabia. And there are also Al Mazeedi Shia families in Kuwait as well as Sunni. Recently it was discovered that some Al-Mazeedi family members migrated to Yemen a few hundred years ago and settled in the region of Hadhramaut. Their tribal name is Al-Mazyad or Banu Asad, their surnames or their family names is Assadi, Al-Assadi, or Al-Mazeedi, some (about 1,000) were also found in Oman and in India, primarily in the state of
Karnataka with ancestral concentration in a place called
Thokur, a village in
Mangalore. A group of
Sunni Muslims having Assadi as surname arrived at the Mangalore Port during the rule of
Tipu Sultan. These
Persian speaking sailors claimed their ancestry from
Banu Assad. They built a Community center by name Thokur Jamia Masjid in Thokur village of
Mangalore .
Fatalities from the Banu Asad in the Battle of Karbala Habib ibn Muzahir (commander of the left flank),
Muslim ibn Awsaja al-Asadi, Uns ibn Hars Asadi, Qais ibn Masher Asadi, Abu Samama Umru ibn Abdullah.
Burials On the 13th of Muharram, three days after the massacre, members of the Banu Asad in Karbala had the honor of burying the bodies of Husayn, his family and their companions. The Banu Asad tribe is widely respected by other Shia Arab tribes. Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin, the
4th Twelver Shia
Imam, helped the Banu Asad tribe to bury the martyred bodies and helped them to identify the bodies of Husayn ibn Ali, his father, and the Ahl al-Bayt and their companions. ==Modern Clans==