The Banu Daws (Arabic: بنو دوس‎) was one of the tribes of Arabia during Muhammad's era. Located south of Mecca, the tribe numbered among its leaders Tufayl ibn Amr, one of Muhammad's companions.^[1]

People[link]

• Tufayl ibn Amr — Chief
• Abu Hurairah

See also[link]

• Islam

References[link]

1. ^ Haykal, Muhammad Husayn; Islamic Book Trust (1 May 1994). The Life of Muhammad. Trans. Isma'il Razi A. al-Faruqi. The Other Press. p. 454. ISBN 978-983-9154-17-7. 

External links[link]

• http://www.barn-i-islam.dk/Profeten%20Muhammad%20(saws).htm

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Banu (in Persian: بانو‎ bânu), is a Persian name for girls used in Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkey, India, and Nepal. While in Iran it translates to "lady", "princess" or "bride". in India, and Nepal it roughly translates to "little sister". In Turkey, it is a popular female name that refers to the original Persian word. Banu also apparently means "rays from the sun" in Telugu.

Notable figures, people, and institutions named Banu include:

• Banu Khorramdin, Babak Khorramdin's wife and companion who fought against the Abbasid Caliphate's Muslim conquest of Persia in ancient Iran (Persia).
• Arjumand Banu Begum, Shah Jahan's wife, for whom he built Taj Mahal
• Banu-yi Mısr (literally, Banu of Egypt), another name for Zulaikha, Potiphar's wife
• Shahrbanu, eldest daughter of Yazdegerd III, the last Emperor of Sassanid Persia and mother of the fourth Shiite imam, Ali ibn Husayn
• Bannu, a city in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
• Banu, a village in Dumeşti Commune, Iaşi County, Romania
• The Bulgarian Agrarian National Union
• Banu, a software development company based in London, United Kingdom
• Saira Banu, a Bollywood actress of the 1960s
• Shah Bano
• Banu Priya, an actress from south India
• Banu, a south Indian film actress introduced in the film Thamiraparani

See also[link]

• Bantu
• Banu in Arabic

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