Banu Ghani

The Banu Ghani (Arabic: بنو غني) was an Arab tribe that inhabited the area between Bisha and Diriyah in pre-Islamic Arabia and parts of which migrated to Syria during the Muslim conquest of that region.

[1] His daughter was later wed to the founder of the paramount clan of the Banu 'Amir, Ja’far ibn Kilab.

[2] They remained Muslim when many of the converted Arab tribes apostatized during the Ridda wars following Muhammad's death in 632.

[2] Following the rout of the Qaysi tribes at the Battle of Marj Rahit in 684, the Qaysi–Yamani wars ensued.

[2] During the long-running conflict, the Banu Ghani fought alongside their Qaysi kinsmen against the Yamani tribes and the Taghlib.