The Banū Shabrīṭ, sometimes called the Banū al-Ṭawīl, were a prominent muwallad family in al-Andalus between the 8th and 10th centuries AD.[1]

The family traced itself back to an indigenous Iberian Christian who converted to Islam not long after the invasion of 711. His name, Sh...h, given by al-ʿUdhrī, cannot be fully reconstructed and is clearly non-Arabic. The first prominent member of the family mentioned by al-ʿUdhrī is Shabrīṭ, active on either side of 800. By then they were one of the most powerful families in the Upper March. The seat of Banū Shabrīṭ power was in Huesca and Barbastro was also under their control. Although initially allied with the Umayyad emirs of Córdoba, by the 10th century they had carved out for themselves an effectively autonomous zone between the Umayyad and Carolingian powers. As a result, they sometimes pursued alliances with Pamplona and the Christian counties of the Pyrenees. They also used non-Arabic names, like Fortūn. The most prominent member of the family was Muḥammad al-Ṭawīl, whose nickname means "long" or "tall".[1]

Family tree

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Banu Amrus
  
Banu Shabrit
  
Banu al-Tawil
Sh....h
RashidYusuf
ShabritAmrus
ibn Yusuf
Abd Allah
ibn Shabrit
Musa ibn
Shabrit
Umar ibn
Amrus
Yusuf ibn
Amrus
Zakariyya
ibn Amrus
Abd al-Malik
ibn Abd Allah
Walid ibn
Abd Allah
Isa ibn
Musa
Zakariyya
ibn Umar
Amrus
ibn Umar
Umar ibn
Zakariyya
Lubb ibn
Zakariyya
Muhammad
al-Tawil
Furtun ibn
Abd al-Malik
Muhammad
ibn Walid
Zakariyya
ibn Isa
Asbag
ibn Isa
Abd al-Malik
ibn Isa
Mas'ud Ibn
Amrus
Abd al-Malik
ibn al-Tawil
Amrus ibn
al-Tawil
Furtun ibn
al-Tawil
Musa Aznar
ibn al-Tawil
Yahya ibn
al-Tawil
Lubb ibn
al-Tawil
Walid ibn
al-Tawil
Abd al-Malik
ibn Furtun
Abd al-Malik
ibn Musa
Yahya
ibn Lubb
Walid ibn
Abd al-Malik

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Bibliography

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  • Viguera, María J. [in Spanish] (2000). "Ṭawīl, Banū". In Bearman, P. J.; Bianquis, Th.; Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E. & Heinrichs, W. P. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume X: T–U. Leiden: E. J. Brill. p. 390. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_7456. ISBN 978-90-04-11211-7.