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The general consensus among 14th-century Arab genealogists is that Arabs are of three kinds: . Al-Arab al-Ba'ida (Arabic: العرب البائدة), "The Extinct Arabs", were an ancient group of tribes in pre-Islamic Arabia that included the ‘Ād, the Thamud, the Tasm and the Jadis, thelaq (who included branches of Banu al-Samayda), and others.
The United Arab States was a short-lived confederation of the United Arab Republic (Egypt and Syria) and North Yemen from 1958 to 1961. [15]The title of the book refers to Arabs without using the definite article "the" (Arabs instead of the Arabs) because, according to the author, the meaning of the word has repeatedly changed over time, making it "misleading" to use. [16]
Khath'am (Arabic: خثعم, romanized: Khathʿam) was an ancient and medieval Arab tribe which traditionally dwelt in southwestern Arabia.They took part either in cooperation or opposition to the 6th-century expedition of the Aksumite ruler Abraha against Mecca.
This category concerns Arab people during the early Islamic or medieval period (6th–15th centuries). For earlier Arabs see Category:Ancient Arabs . Subcategories
Medieval Arabic authors used the term Jafnids for the Ghassanids, a term modern scholars prefer at least for the ruling stratum of Ghassanid society. [2] Earlier kings are traditional, actual dates highly uncertain. Jafnah I ibn Amr (220–265) Amr I ibn Jafnah (265–270) Tha'labah ibn Amr (270–287) – Ally of Romans; al-Harith I ibn Tha ...
The theory that Aylan is the father of Qays is rejected by Ibn Khaldun (d. 1406), a medieval historian of Arab tribes, and is indirectly rejected by other medieval Arab historians. [1] Rather, Ibn Khaldun asserts that "Qays Aylan" is the epithet of al-Nas ibn Mudar ibn Nizar ibn Ma'ad ibn Adnan. [1]
The Banu al-Aghlab of the Banu Tamim were an Arab tribe originating from northern Arabia who came to Algeria before the Hilalian invasions. The Banu Ukhaidhir of the Quraysh were an Arab tribe originating from the Hejaz region that were present in Algeria since the 9th century. The Fihrids were aristocratic Arab family from the Quraysh clan.
The Kingdom of Kinda (Arabic: كِنْدَة الملوك, romanized: Kindat al-Mulūk, lit. 'Royal Kinda') also called the Kindite kingdom, refers to the rule of the nomadic Arab tribes of the Ma'add confederation in north and central Arabia by the Banu Akil al-Murar, a family of the South Arabian tribe of Kinda, in c. 200 BCE – c. 550 CE.