Aws

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Arab tribe Medinan tribe

Aws was one of the major Arab tribes of Medina that played a pivotal role in supporting Prophet Muhammad and the early Muslim community after the Hijrah.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Aws canonical	5
Aws tribe	2

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Arab tribe ⓘ Medinan tribe ⓘ
alternativeName	Al-Aws ⓘ Banu Aws ⓘ
collectiveDesignation	Ansar ⓘ
convertedTo	Islam after the Hijrah ⓘ
counterpartTribe	Khazraj ⓘ
engagedIn	pre-Islamic tribal conflicts in Yathrib ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Arabs ⓘ
formedAllianceWith	Hijra ⓘ surface form: Muhajirun Muhammad ⓘ surface form: Prophet Muhammad
hadSubtribes	various clans of Aws ⓘ
historicalPeriod	7th century CE ⓘ
historicalSignificance	pivotal role in establishment of the Muslim community in Medina ⓘ
inhabited	oases of Yathrib ⓘ
knownFor	hospitality to emigrant Muslims ⓘ military support for the nascent Muslim state ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ
laterStatus	integrated into the broader Muslim ummah ⓘ
locatedIn	Arabian Peninsula ⓘ Hejaz ⓘ Medina ⓘ Yathrib ⓘ
participatedIn	Battle of Badr ⓘ Battle of Uhud ⓘ Battle of the Trench ⓘ early Muslim military campaigns ⓘ
playedRoleIn	early Islamic history ⓘ support of Prophet Muhammad ⓘ support of early Muslim community ⓘ
politicalRole	key component of the Ansar ⓘ powerful faction in pre-Islamic Yathrib ⓘ
regionOfOrigin	Hejaz ⓘ surface form: Hejaz region of western Arabia
religionAfterHijrah	Islam ⓘ
religionBeforeIslam	Arab paganism ⓘ
socialStructure	tribal clan system ⓘ
supported	Hijra ⓘ surface form: Muhajirun Muhammad ⓘ surface form: Prophet Muhammad early Muslims after the Hijrah ⓘ
wasOneOf	two major Arab tribes of Medina ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hijrah of Prophet Muhammad → associatedTribe → Aws ⓘ

Medinan Jewish community → neighborOf → Aws ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aws tribe

Ansar → tribalComposition → Aws ⓘ

Banu Nadir → neighboringTribe → Aws ⓘ

Khazraj → siblingTribe → Aws ⓘ

Khazraj → hadConflictWith → Aws ⓘ

Banu Qurayzah → alliedWith → Aws ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aws tribe