Mazyadid (Al-Mazeedi) state of Iraq

Banu Al-Mazeedi, or Banu Mazyad, an Arabic tribe in Iraq, are the descendants of Adnan.

Initially they are part of the Banu Asad tribe living in the time of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

In 998, their leader, Ali ibn Mazyad, establishes an independent state, Mazyadid, in the Kufa area, Iraq.

A powerful military protects the state for more than a century.

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