Adnanites

Banu Adnan
بنو عدنان
Qedarite branch of the Ishmaelites
View of Kaaba in 1718, which was previously ruled by the Quraysh tribe of 'Adnanites' in Pre-Islamic Arabia
Nisbaal-Adnani (masculine)
al-Adnaniyyah (feminine)
LocationWestern Arabia, Hejaz region[1] (present-day Saudi Arabia)
Descended fromAdnan
ReligionIslam
Pre-Islamic Arabia: Hanif, Indigenous polytheistic Arabian religion
Minority: Christianity (Nestorianism), Judaism, Zoroastrianism, later on

The Adnanites (Arabic: عدنانيون) were a tribal confederation of the Ishmaelite Arabs, who trace their lineage back to Ishmael son of the Islamic prophet and patriarch Abraham and his wife Hagar through Adnan, who originate from the Hejaz. The Islamic prophet Muhammad belonged to the Quraysh tribe of the 'Adnanites'.[2]

According to the Arab tradition, The Adnanites are the Northern Arabs, unlike the Qahtanite Arabs of southern Arabia, who are descended from Qahtan, son of the Islamic prophet Hūdʿ.[3]

  1. ^ al-Bakri, Abdullah. Mu'jam mā ista'jam. Vol. 1. p. 87.
  2. ^ "Family Tree of Muhammad". 26 December 2018.
  3. ^ Parolin, Gianluca P. (2009). Citizenship in the Arab World: Kin, Religion and Nation-State. Amsterdam University Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-9089640451.