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Banu al-Harith
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the jewish tribes of arabia during muhammad's era”. Today it says “arabian tribe which once governed the cities of najran”.
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Banu Harith ( Banu Āl Ḥarith or Banu Āl Ḥorayth ; Banim Chorath or Banim Chorayth ) is one of the Jewish tribes of Arabia which once governed the city of Najran , now located in southern Saudi Arabia .1 Location of Banu Harith along with some of the major tribes of the Arabian Peninsula at the dawn of Islam (approximately 600 CE / 50 BH).2
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Then
one of the jewish tribes of arabia during muhammad's era
Now
arabian tribe which once governed the cities of najran
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