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Beni Hassan (Arabic: "son of Hassan" - also transliterated Bani Hasan) is a Bedouin group, one of several Yemeni tribes who emigrated in the Middle Ages to northwest Africa and present-day Western Sahara, Mauritania and northern Morocco (the Rif region). It is also the name of the largest tribe in Jordan; accounting for about 10% of the Jordanian population.
Beni Hassan are said to be descendants of Hassan, the son of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the Prophet Mohammad's cousin and a main figure in Shi'a Islam. However, the Beni Hassan are Sunni Muslims.
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