Adnanites
| Banu Adnan (Arabic: بنو عدنان) |
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| Ishmaelite, Qedarite | |
A family tree depicting branches of the Adnanites.
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| Nisba | Adnani, Adnaniyyah |
| Location | Western Arabia, Tihamah region[1] |
| Descended from | Adnan |
| Religion | Indigenous polytheistic Arabian religion, Christianity (Nestorianism), Judaism, Zoroastrianism, later on Islam |
According to Arab genealogical tradition, the Adnanites (Arabic: عدنانيون) are “Arabized Arabs”, descended from Ishmael through Adnan, distinguished from the “pure” Qahtanite Arabs of southern Arabia.[2]
Arab genealogical tradition[edit]
A family tree depicting the descendants of the Banu Adnan.
Arab genealogical tradition holds that the Adnanites are “Arabized Arabs”, descended from Adnan.[3] The Adnanites became Arabized when they migrated to the Arabian Peninsula,[4][5] whereas the Qahtanites of Southern Arabia (Yemen) are the pure Arabs.[6][7]
Modern historiography[edit]
According to some modern historians, the traditional distinction between Adnanites and Qahtanites lacks evidence and may have developed out of the later faction-fighting during the Umayyad period.[2]
Further reading[edit]
- The dwelling places and wanderings of the Arabian tribes, by Heinrich Ferdinand Wüstenfeld, in German
- Were the Qays and Yemen of the Umayyad Period Political Parties?
See also[edit]
- Prophet Muhammad, a member of this grou
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