She is remembered for her poetry which incited her nephew into murdering Kulaib ibn Rabiah, starting the Basus War that lasted for 40 years.
[1] She was also the maternal aunt of Jassas ibn Murrah, who was the chief of the Banu Shayban tribe at the time in the late 5th century.
[1][2] Al-Basus owned a she-camel that had one day accidentally wandered into and grazed some fields that were the property of Kulaib ibn Rabiah, the chief of the Taghlib tribe.
[1][2][3] Kulaib was unhappy at what had happened to his property, so he shot at the unwelcomed she-camel with arrows, killing it.
[1][2][3] When Al-Basus heard of the plight of her she-camel, she composed a poem which incited her nephew Jassas ibn Murrah against Kulaib.