Tribe

Ghatafan

غطفان

central Arabia · polytheism (pre-Islam)

A powerful Arab tribe and rival of the Banu Kalb in pre-Islamic Arabia.

Muhammad ibn ʽArʽarah was a reliable tabi'i narrator known for transmitting hadith from the companions and early tabi'in.

Sources: Wikipedia and classical Islamic biographical literature compiled by automated researchers.

Sub-tribes