Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the tribes of arabia during muhammad's era”. Today it says “large arab tribe based in medina”.
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Tribe in Medina, Hejaz Map of the Arabian Peninsula in 600 AD, showing the various Arab tribes and their areas of settlement. The Lakhmids (yellow) formed an Arab monarchy as clients of the Sasanian Empire , while the Ghassanids (red) formed an Arab monarchy as clients of the Roman Empire A map published by the British academic Harold Dixon during World War I , showing the presence of the Arab tribes in West Asia , 1914 The Banu Khazraj ( Arabic : بنو خزرج ) is a large Arab tribe based in Medina . They were also in Medina during Muhammad 's era. The Banu Khazraj are a South Arabian Qahtanite tribe that were pressured out of South Arabia as a result of the destruction of the Marib Dam. Along with their cousin tribe, the Aws, they migrated to Yathrib, later known as Medina. Muhammad and the Origins of Islam .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
The Banu al-Khazraj ( ) was one of the tribes of Arabia during Muhammad's era .
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The Banu Khazraj ( ) is a large tribe in Medina , Saudi Arabia .They were also in Medina during Muhammad 's era.Aws and Khazraj are descendants of Azd tribe and were known as Banū Qayla ( بنو قيلة ) in pre-Islamic era.Muhammad and the Origins of Islam .
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Tribe in Medina, Hejaz The Banu Khazraj ( ) is a large Arab tribe based in Medina . They were also in Medina during Muhammad 's era. The Banu Khazraj are a South Arabian tribe that were pressured out of South Arabia in the Karib'il Watar 7th century BC war versus Awsan and its allies (Aws - Awsan), (Qataban - Ghatafan), when the Sabaeans were eventually defeated by the Himyarites, the settled tribes became the pre-Islamic Azd tribe and were known as Banū Qayla ( بنو قيلة ) in the pre-Islamic era. Muhammad and the Origins of Islam .
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one of the tribes of arabia during muhammad's era
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large arab tribe based in medina
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