Hadhabani

Hadhabani or Hadhbāni, Hadhbānī, Hadhbāniyya, Heciban (Arabic: الهذبانية al-Hadhbāniyya; Kurdish: هەزەبانی، هۆزەبان، هۆزەوان, Hozabān, Hozwān), was a medieval Kurdish tribal confederation originating in the region of Mosul and Erbil, with territory ranging from Azerbaijan to Mosul. Associated with several dynasties including the Rawwadids, Shaddadids and Ayyubids, the confederation comprised multiple tribes, among them the Rawadiyya, Hakamiyya and Banu Maran.