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Adnan (the Arabized Arabs)

عدنان (العرب المستعربة)

The lineage called the Arabized Arabs: tracing to Ismail ibn Ibrahim, also called Adnani; from it come Rabiʾa and Mudar, and through them Quraysh and the tribes of the Hijaz and Najd.

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At a glance

Era
Pre-Islamic Arabia
Region
Arabia
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Family, marriage and kinship

Overview

Adnan: father of the Arabised Arabs descending from Isma'il's loins — called the Adnaniyya — from whom come Mudar and Rabi'a, and from them Quraysh.

Life

The Arabised Arabs are those descending from Isma'il's loins, called the Adnan Arabs 1. The clans of Ma'add ibn Adnan branched from his son Nizar, who had four sons from whom four great tribes spread: Iyad, Anmar, Rabi'a and Mudar — the last two's clans grew many and their branches wide 2.

From Rabi'a: Asad, Anaza, Abd al-Qays, and Wa'il's two sons Bakr and Taghlib, and Hanifa; from Mudar: Qays Aylan and the clans of Ilyas, among them Tamim, Hudhayl, Asad and Kinana — and from Kinana, Quraysh 1.

For young visitors

Adnan is the name gathering the tribes that trace to Isma'il; from this line came Quraysh, the Prophet's tribe.

People and things also explored

Jāhilī Marriage FormsWaʾd (Infant Burial)Death of IbrahimThe death of Umm Kulthum bint MuhammadThe li'an between Uwaymir al-Ajlani and his wifeThe marriage of Fatima and AliThe Prophet's marriage to KhadijaThe Prophet's marriage to Sawda bint Zam'a

Sources

  1. al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
  2. Muhadarat Tarikh al-Umam al-Islamiyya — Muhammad al-Khudari
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islam.museum contributors. “Adnan (the Arabized Arabs)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/group/adnan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.

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People

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Related

Jāhilī Marriage Forms

Four pagan marriage forms — common, istibda‘ (lending a wife for a better lineage), communal paternity assignment, and wife-swapping (al-badal) — Islam abolished all but the first.