Sirat Bani Hilal

Arabic epic recounting the Banu Hilal's journey from Najd to Maghreb

Al-Sirah al-Hilaliyyah (Arabic: السيرة الهلالية, romanized: as-Sīra al-Hilāliyya, lit. 'Chronicle of the al-Hilalis'), also known as the Sirat Bani Hilal (سيرة بني هلال Sīra Banī Hilāl) or the al-Hilali epic, is an Arabic epic oral poem that recounts the tale of the journey of the Bedouin tribe of the Banu Hilal from Najd in Arabia to Tunisia and Algeria via Egypt. It is built around historical events that took place in the 11th century. The Banu Hilal were dominant in central North Africa for over a century before their annihilation by the Almohads.

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