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Basus War
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| Basus War | ||||||||
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| Banu Taghlib | Banu Bakr and all its subdivisions, including the Banu Shayban | Himyarite Kingdom | ||||||
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| Tribal soldiers from Banu Taghlib | Tribal soldiers from Banu Bakr | At least 500 Himyarite warriors | ||||||
The Basus War (often written al-Basus War; Arabic: حرب البسوس ḥarb al-basūs) was a 40-year conflict between two cousin tribes in Arabia of Late Antiquity. It was caused by the slaughtering of a camel that was owned by a neighboring tribe, and the subsequent killing of the Taghlibi chief that came after it.
This war is also remembered as a famous aphorism warning against familial discord and other family-related issues including grudges between relatives.
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