Adnan
Adnan () is traditionally regarded as the patriarch of the Adnanite Arabs, a major Arab lineage that historically inhabited Northern, Western, Eastern, and Central Arabia. The Adnanites are distinct from the Qahtanite Arabs of Southern Arabia, who trace their lineage to Qahtan.
Key facts
- Person.name
- Adnan
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- Father of the Adnanite Arabs
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- عدنان من نسل إسماعيل بن إبراهيم
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- Pre_Islamic_Arabian_Tribes_(Harold_Dixon).svg
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- 350px
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- Approximate locations of certain tribes of Arabia, including those descended from Adnan, e.g. Hawazin and Quraysh
- Person.birth_date
- Around 700-600 BCE
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- Possibly in Qedarite Kingdom
- Person.death_date
- After 605 BCE, Return of Nebuchadnezzar II to Babylon
- Person.resting_place
- Arabia
- Person.era
- 1st Millennium BCE
- Person.known_for
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- Origin
- Family
- In Pre-Islamic Arabia
- In North Arabian inscriptions
- Death
- Descent from Adnan to Muhammad
- See also
- Further reading
- References
Adnan () is traditionally regarded as the patriarch of the Adnanite Arabs, a major Arab lineage that historically inhabited Northern, Western, Eastern, and Central Arabia. The Adnanites are distinct from the Qahtanite Arabs of Southern Arabia, who trace their lineage to Qahtan.
Adnan is considered a direct descendant of the prophet Abraham (Ibrahim) through his son Ishmael (Ismāʿīl). His genealogy is of great significance in Arab and Islamic tradition, as the Islamic prophet Muhammad is said to descend from him. Adnan’s lineage connects him to a broad network of Arab tribes that played a crucial role in pre-Islamic and Islamic history.