Adnan () is the traditional ancestor of the
Adnani Arabs of northern, central and western
Arabia, as opposed to the
Qahtani of Southern and south eastern Arabia who descend from Qahtan. Adnan is a descendant of
Ishmael (
Ismail) through his son
Nebaioth (Nabit). His descendants includes the
Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Origin
Originally from
Babylon in southern
Iraq, they are descendants of Ishmael (Ismail), the son of
Abraham (
Ibrahim) who was from
Ur Kaśdim,
Mesopotamia. Babylonians are descendants of
Akkadians, who are descendants of
Shem (Sam), the son of
Noah (
Nuh) from Iraq. According to the
Hebrew Bible and the
genealogies of Genesis, Noah was a ninth generation descendant of
Adam (
آدم), however no
Islamic sources mentions this.
Adam and Eve were sent down from
Heaven by
God to the
Garden of Eden, which is, according to some accounts, located in
Al-Qurnah near
Basra in Iraq.
Adnanite Arabs are described, by some genealogists and Qahtanites, as "Arabized"
Arabs.
Muhammed said that Ishmael, the first person to speak the plain
Arabic language, was the father of the Northern
Arabs. This has also been followed by Ibn Khaldun, many genealogists and scholars.
Genealogical history
Adnan according to Hadith, and other reliable sources is :
Adnan son of Add son of Send son of
Napyot son of
Ishmael [ Ishmael, Encyclopedia of the Qur'an] son of
Abraham son of
Azar (Terah) son of
Nahoor son of
Srooj son of
Ra'o son of
Phaleg son of
Aber son of
Shaleh son of
Arpheckshad son of
Sam son of
Noah son of
Lamek son of
Motoshaleh son of
Edres (Enoch) son of
Alyared son of
Mehlaiel son of
Qenan son of
Anosh son of
Sheeth son of
AdamThe sons of Ismael
Ismael (Ishmael) had 12 sons and they were, in order of birth:
Nafis and Qidman had many sons and many tribes were formed but only those of Nebaioth and Qedar have been recorded in history .
