Nizar ibn Ma'ad

Nizar ibn Ma'ad ibn Adnan
نزار بن معد بن عدنان
BornArabia
DiedArabia
Burial
Issue
FatherMa'ad ibn Adnan
MotherMu'ana bint Jahla Jurhum tribe
Family tree from Adnan to Muhammad

Nizar ibn Ma'ad ibn Adnan (Arabic: نزار بن معد بن عدنان) was the common ancestor of most of the northern Arab tribes (the Adnanites), according to the Arab genealogical tradition. As a result, the term 'Nizar', or Nizariyya (نزارية), has been used as a loosely defined name for a group of tribes, most commonly the Rabi'a and Mudar tribes, but occasionally extended to include others.