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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 list of English translations from medieval sources: A provides an overview of notable medieval documents—historical, scientific, ecclesiastical and literature—that have been translated into English. This includes the original author, translator(s) and the translated document.
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]
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 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. 525 CE.
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.
With a translation and notes, and a map of Hy-Fiachrach, by Irish language scholar John O'Donovan (1809–1861). [449] The tribes and customs of Hy-Many, commonly called O'Kelly's country (1843). [450] From the Book of Lecan. With a translation and notes, and maps of Hy-Many, by John O'Donovan. Book of Lecan, Yellow.
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]