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'''Hani' b. Qabīṣah b. Hani' b. Mas'ud''' also known as '''Hānīʾ b. Qabīṣa''' 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]] deposited his coat 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.<ref>https://static4.emaanlibrary.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Extracted-pages-from-Tabari_Volume_05b.pdf?x60328 p.358-359</ref> Al-Nu'man's fate was the cause of the [[Battle of Dhi Qar]] where Hani b. Qabīṣah led the Šaybānī [[Banu Bakr|Bakri]] b. Wāʾel to triumph.<ref>https://iranicaonline.org/articles/du-qar</ref>. 

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 coat of mail, his valuables, and other arms with a certain Hani' because al-Nu`man had given Hani' two of his daughters in marriage. 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. 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. 

==B. Qabīṣah vs B. Qabīṣah==
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. Wāʾel. Subsequently Ḵhosrow II sent armed forces against the Šaybānī leader but these forces were defeated at Ḏhi Qār. 

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.<ref>https://iranicaonline.org/articles/du-qar</ref> 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.<ref>https://static4.emaanlibrary.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Extracted-pages-from-Tabari_Volume_05b.pdf?x60328 p.359, ft857</ref>

Hani' s daughter Bayriyya was the wife of [[Omar]]'s son [[Ubayd Allah ibn Umar]]. 

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

==Islamic Tradition==

In the Standard Islamic Narrative the Battle of Dhi Qar was predicted by the Prophet 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 Prophet is called '''ibn Abi Kabsha'''.

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