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His book, Jamharat al-Nasab ("The Abundance of Kinship"), seems to posit that the people known as "Arabs" (of his time) were all descendants of Ishmael. [25] Ibn Kathir (1301–1373) writes (translated): "All the Arabs of the Hejaz are descendants of Nebaioth and Qedar." [24] Medieval Jewish sources also usually identified Qedar with Arabs and ...
The Ba'ida were the "legendary Arabs of the past," while the Ariba were the "Southern Arabs." Ishmael's descendants became the Northern Arabs known as the Musta'riba or the "Arabized Arabs." The Musta'riba were described as Arabized since it is believed Ishmael learned Arabic when he moved to Mecca and married into the Arabic tribe of Jurhum.
Ishmael is recognized by Muslims as the ancestor of several northern prominent Arab tribes and the forefather of Adnan, the ancestor of Muhammad. [49] Muslims also believe that Muhammad was the descendant of Ishmael who would establish a great nation.
Josephus, the Jewish historian of the Roman era, described the descendants of Ishmael as Arabs, linking them with the historical Nabataeans of Hellenistic and Roman times (Jewish Antiquities 1.12.4): twelve sons in all were born to Ishmael, Nabaioth(es), Kedar, Abdeêl, Massam, Masma, Idum(as), Masmes, Chodam, Thaiman, Jetur, Naphais, Kadmas.
family tree, descendants: Qasim son `Abd Allah son: Zaynab daughter: Ruqayya daughter: Uthman second cousin and son-in-law family tree: Umm Kulthum daughter: Zayd adopted son: Ali ibn Zainab grandson: Umamah bint Zainab granddaughter `Abd Allah ibn Uthman grandson: Rayhana bint Zayd wife (disputed) Usama ibn Zayd adoptive grandson: Muhsin ibn ...
The Islamic view of Qedar affirms what is mentioned in the biblical and Arabian traditions. Additionally, Muslim historians cite Qedar as being the ancestor of the prophet Muhammad. [8] [9] [10] Ibn Hisham, however, proposes a different lineage and believes that Muhammad is descended from Nebaioth (the firstborn son of Ishmael) and not Qedar. [11]
A family tree depicting the descendants of the Banu Adnan. According to Arab genealogical tradition, the Adnanites are descended from Adnan whom in turn is descended from Ishmael. [4] [5] [6] whereas the Qahtanites of Southern Arabia (Yemen) are the original, pure Arabs. [7] [8]
Alabaster votive figurines from Yemen, now in the National Museum of Oriental Art, Rome Gilded statue of the Canaanite creator god El, BC. 1400–1200 El-Megiddo.El is considered the origin of the words Ilah and continues to appear in compound names such as Gabriel, Michael, Azrael, Ishmael, etc.