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Detailed History:
The Amro family [ also spelled Amr, Amrou and Amru, due to the spelling in Arabic – ayn – mim –ra – waw , wherein the last letter, waw, is silent and created confusion in its spelling] is part of the Banu Taghlib tribe, which migrated from Northern Syria and Iraq [the area of Mosul and Jazirat al-Futuhiyah] in 515AH / 1121AD to the mountains of Lebanon, Wadi al-Taym and Shuf. Around 1800 AD, it separated into six branches [after six sons]. Our branch is the "Mahmud" branch. The five other groups resulting from that division are:" Dahir", " Mar'i" , "Sa'd al-Din", "Al-Hajj ‘Ali" and "Kazhim". Our group of the tribe is called " 'Amr Bayt Mahmud", [in order to differentiate them from the other Amr’s] settled in Moissara and Hirmil, and the land between. We, the Amro family of the 21st century, the descendants of the Banu Taghlib and Mahmud 'Amr Taghlibi, (who was born about 1745 AD), have established this web site hoping to keep the constantly growing number of our world-wide family in touch with each other. This is what our family tree looks like: The family is descended from the Hamdanid Tribe (the rulers of Hamdan and DiyarBakr and Mosul in the 10th-11th century), from our tribe's great poet 'Amr ibn Kulthum al-Taghlibi (about 630AD), from the brave warrior Muhalhil (fl. the end of 5th century AD), and from Rabi’ah chief of the Taghlib tribe during the War of Basus (end 5th century), from the great Banu Taghlib, who descend from Wa’il. This Wa’il tribe traces itself back to the Qarit Tribe, who come from the Jadilah Tribe, from As'ad, from Aklab, from the Nizar Tribes, and, according to what is believed traditonally, from ‘Adnan, from Isma’il (the Biblical Ishmael), from Ibrahim (Abraham the prophet ca. 1800BC) The above is taken from a tablet which is about the Taghlib Tribe and which was displayed on a wall in the San'aa Museum in Yemen in 1986. The Hamdanids not only ruled Mosul, but also Halab, Northern Syria and Hims, and it was Hasan Taghlibi's brother, 'Ali Sayf al-Dawlah who led them. He made raids into Byzantine territory. He encouraged the arts and sciences as well as war. The famous poet Abu Firas, his cousin, was well-known during that era in his court. 'Ali Sayf al-Dawlah died in 967 AD and was buried in Maiyafarikin. (Refer to the maps on our site.) Sayf al-Dawlah's sole surviving son, Abu Ma'ali Sharif, known as Sa'd al-Dawlah, made a campaign against Abu Firas and killed him. The Emperor Nicephoros captured all the towns between Halab, Hims, Latakiya and Jabala. Sa'd al-Dawlah went to his mother in Maiyafarikin, and then to besiege Halab. The Byzantines took Antioch, which remained with them until 375 AH/ 985 AD. Sa'd al-Dawlah entrenched himself in Ma'arrat al-Nu'man and refused to recognize the treaty with the Byzantines which called for an exchange of prisoners, and changing the religion and allegiance of certain towns). In 985 AD, the Byzantines took Killis and Apamea, and Sa'd al-Dawlah sent his troops to Sim'an Castle and captured it. The Byzantines retaliated and Sa'd al-Dawlah had to pay his tribute to them. Later in 991 AD, Sa'd al-Dawlah fell sick and died in Halab. He was succeeded by his son Sa'id al-Dawlah. His reign was filled with battles with the Fatimids, and in 1002 AD he and his wife were poisoned by her father, who took over Halab and sent Sa'id and his brothers to Cairo. A group of these Hamdanid Taghlib settled in Syria and Lebanon, and trace their history through the Hamdanids and that migration of 1121 AD, from Mosul to the Lebanon mountains and Wadi Taym. Various parts of the family can still be found in different villages between Hirmil and Kisrawan. There are also pockets of the Taghlib tribe near the Julan Heights in Syria, and in Palestine near Jabal 'Amr, a large number of the Taghlib remained in the Mosul area and in the marsh region of Iraq. The marsh region is south of the Taghlibi areas of Iraq and due to tribal migration caused by wars, changing water and grazing-land patterns they could still be found there prior to the two Iraqi wars. When al-Dahhak ibn Jandal al-Hamadani arrived in the mountains of present-day Lebanon, the Saljuq ruler al-Taghtin appointed him 'amir' of Wadi Taym and Shuf. Dahhak gained strength and attacked Bilad al-Sham, killing the ruler Shams al-Muluk Isma'il, the grandson of Taghtin. A result of the war was that Dahhak lost his control of Wadi Taym and Shuf and settled in Baalbak and al-Bikaa. When he lost those two areas to Nur al-Din Zangi, the ruler of Bilad al-Sham, he was forced back to Wadi Taym and Shuf, when some of his followers became Druz, a popular sect of the times. When Salah al-Din [1169 AD]ruled Egypt he exiled the remnants of al-Fatimi'in to Kisrawan in the Lebanon mountains, and at that time the descendants of Dahhak ibn Jandal migrated to Kisrawan as well. In 1305 the Amr Taghlibi tribe repelled the Mamluks in Ghinah and Jurat al-Bidran. The result was the Mamluk sent 400,000 horsemen to Kisrawan and massacred the a large number Shi'i there, with many fleeing the area. _________________________ Notes: 1. "b." and "ibn" translate as "son of."
Hira fell into decline in the 7th century. |
