Yathrib ibn Qatiya
يثرب بن قاتية
Yathrib ibn Qatiya ibn Mahlil — the eponym of Medina, who settled it with his sons and followers until some calamity destroyed them, mourned in their poets' verse 1.
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At a glance
- Era
- Pre-Islamic Arabia
- Region
- Arabia
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Overview
Yathrib ibn Qatiya ibn Muhalhil ibn Iram ibn Ubayl. According to al-Mas'udi, he settled in Medina with his children and those who followed him, and Yathrib was named after him 1.
The report
al-Mas'udi reports that they perished in some of the perils and calamities of time, and that their poet lamented them for it 1.
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 458
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