Hani' b. Qabisah b. Hani' b. Mas'ud

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Hani' b. Qabīṣah b. Hani' b. Mas'ud also known as Hānīʾ b. Qabīṣa and as Ali ibn Abu Talib as well as Abu Turab (599-661) is the name given in sources quoted by Abu Ubaidah (scholar) (and confirmed as correct according to Al-Tabari) to the person with whom Al-Nu'man III ibn al-Mundhir bequeathed his coats of mail, his valuables, and other arms when Al-Nu`man had become fearful of Khosrow II. The lowest estimate of these mailed coats of armour was four hundred, and the highest was eight hundred. Al-Nu'man's fate was the cause of the Battle of Dhi Qar where Hani b. Qabīṣah led the Šaybānī Bakri b. Wāʾil to triumph..

According to Al-Tabari's source, when al-Nu'man killed 'Adi, 'Adi's brother and son hatched a plot against al-Nu'man at Khosrow II's court, and falsified a letter sent by al-Nu'man to Khosrow II exculpating himself with expressions that roused Khosrow II's anger. Hence Khosrow II ordered al-Nu`man to be killed. Therefore al-Nu`man, fearing for his life, deposited his coats of mail, his valuables, and other arms with a certain Hani' because al-Nu`man had betrothed to Hani' two of his Nasrid daughters in marriage. Hence Hani was at least originally a Royalist (Nasri) at first even though he later became a Messianic (Tsabi) under the influence of Hanzalah and Paul/Gabriel/Dihya ibn Khalifa's Monoenergism through which Hani established an alliance with Heraclius from 619 to 629.

Tabari says that a number of the learned scholars of the Arabs whom Abu 'Ubaydah expressly named, said this was Hani b. Masud b. 'Amir al-Khasib b. 'Amr al-Muzdalif b. AbI Rabi'ah b. Dhuhl b. Šaybān b. Tha'labah b. Sayyar al-'Ijli. However, Al-Tabari tells us that other scholars mentioned by Abu Ubaidah stated that Hani' b. Masud was not alive when these events transpired and that the person in question was Hani' b. Qabīṣah b. Hani' b. Masud. Al-Tabari confirms that it is the latter opinion concerning Hani b. Qabīṣah as the inheritor of Al-Numan's possessions that he considers to be historically correct.

A Tang Chinese source called the Jiu Tang Shiu on the origins of Tachkastan mentions the same event but refers to Hani as a Persian-Camel herder and to Al-Nu'man as the Lion-man. Camel Herder is a reference to the Bakr tribe who were Camel Herders. Lionman is a reference to the Nasara (Scions) of the House of David among the Erev Rav.

It seems that his Caliph, Paul aka Gabriel aka Dihya ibn Khalifa the Calevite met with Heraclius not long before or after the Battle of Dhi Qar when they established an alliance to overthrow Khosrow II.

Family

According to Fred Donner, there are thus two sects of Šaybāni, one were on the Muslim side against Persia and one on the Persian side.

Iyas (إِيَاس) NOT Elias (إِلْيَاس)

When Khosrow II had fled from Bahram Chobin, he passed by another "b. Qabīṣah" called Iyas who gave Khosrow II a horse and slaughtered a camel for him. After Khosrow II had had al-Nuʿman killed, he appointed Iyas b. Qabīṣah as governor over al-Hirah and the other former territories of al-Nu'man to show his gratitude. Khosrow II sent a message to Iyas enquiring where al-Nu'man's deposited possessions were. Iyas replied that al-Nu'man had found a safe refuge for them among the Bakr b. Wāʾil. So Khosrow II ordered Iyas to get possession of what alNu'man had left behind and to forward that on to him.

Iyas sent a message to Hani' telling him to hand over the coats of mail and other items that al-Nu'man entrusted Hani'. But Hānīʾ b. Qabīṣah, refused to hand over to him al-Nuʿmān’s family and armour which he had engaged to protect.

When Hani' withheld these, Khosrow II was filled with anger and declared that he would extirpate the Bakr b. Wāʾil. Subsequently Ḵhosrow II sent Iyas with armed forces against the Šaybānī leader but these forces were defeated at Ḏhi Qār.

Ja'far ibn Qays of the Banu Hanifa

He wed Khawla al-Hanafiyya with whom he became the father of Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya.

The Nabi Rosh al-Ma'amed Hanzlah ibn Abi Qabisa

Besides his two wives from Numan ibn Thabit he is also supposed to have wed Fatima the daughter of his relative Hanzalah whom he appointed as the Nabi Rosh al-Ma'amed named as the first of the list of Arab Kings.

In the Standard Islamic Narrative, Hanzalah's Battle of Dhi Qar's victory was claimed by the Nabi Rosh al-Ma'amed of Medina as the first victory enjoyed by the Arabic Medina against Persia being around 622/623/624 near the Battle of Badr.

In the Maghāzī Medina's the Nabi Rosh al-Ma'amed is called ibn Abi Kabsha as also in a Bukhari Hadith about Abu Sufyan's encounter with Heraclius referring to the cause of ibn Abi Kabsha. Ibn Abi Kabsha means Kabsha's Father's Son. The indication is that the Nabi Rosh al-Ma'amed was related to Hani ibn Qabisa. Ibn Ishaq's sirah confirms that the Nabi Rosh al-Ma'amed was originally regarded as a Nabaoti before the Adnanites were distinguished from the Qahtanites.

With Hanzala's daughter Fatima he became the father of Husayn.

After the Nabi Rosh al-Ma'amed Hanzlah ibn Abi Qabisa was murdered by Abu Bakr's daughter, Hani entered into an alliance with the Parthians.

Yazdegard III

Hani had his son Husayn ibn Ali wed to Shahrbanu the daughter of Yazdegerd III with whom she became the mother of Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin the rightful Crown Prince of Persia in office from 680 to 712 CE when he was succeeded by his sons Muhammad al-Baqir and Zayd al-Shahid.

Umar

Umar told Khaled not to kill anyone who said "Matras".

According to Al-Baladhuri's Futuh, both Hani' b. Qabīṣah and either Iyas or the son of Iyas surrendered Al-Nu'man's former territories to Khalid b. al-Walid's forces in 633CE agreeing to serve him as spies.

Hani' s daughter Bahriyya became the wife of Umar's son Ubayd Allah ibn Umar (died summer 657) who was set to be the next king before being arrested for the murder of his father's assassin Hormuzan and who though pardoned by Tazig (Uthman) did not inherit any rule thanks to Hani's opposition.

Al-Sari bin Mansur

Al-Sari bin Mansur claimed to be Hani's descendant.

Death

He was murdered by Muawiya in 661 at the age of 62.