Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Banu Shihab waxay asal ahaan ahaayeen qabiil carab ah oo ka yimid Hijaz. Sida laga soo xigtay taariikhyahankii qarnigii 19aad Mikhail Mishaqa, Banu Shihab waxay ka soo jeedeen qabiilkii Banu Makhzum ee Quraysh oo uu ka tirsanaa Khalid ibn al-Walid, iyo in awoowe reerku uu ahaa askari la odhan jiray Harith oo ku dhintay dagaalkii ka dhacay iridda Bab Sharqi ee Dimishiq intii lagu jiray Boqortooyadii Muslimiinta
Xasuuqii magaaladaas ka dhacay 634kii Waqti ka dib guushii muslimiinta ee qarnigii 7aad ee Suuriya, qabiilku wuxuu degay gobolka Hauran ee koonfurta Dimishiq. Sanadkii 1172, xilligii boqortooyadii Suldaanka Ayyubid Saladin, Banu Shihab waxay u haajireen dhanka galbeed iyagoo ka yimid tuuladooda Shahba ee Jabal Hauran ilaa Wadi al-Taym, oo ah dhul bannaan oo ku yaal buurta Hermon (Jabal ash-Sheikh).