Mudhar

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Mudhar or Mudar (Arabic مضر), is one of two major branches of the so-called "North arabian" (Adnanite) tribes, the other branch being Rabi'ah.

Mudhar descended from Madher ibn ("son of") Nazar ibn Ma'ed ibn Adnan ibn Add ibn Send ibn Napyot ^[1] ibn Ishmael ^[2][2][3] ibn Abraham ^[4][5][6] ibn Azar ^[7][8][9] (Terah) ibn Nahoor ^[10] ibn Srooj ^[11] ibn Ra'o ^[12] ibn Phaleg ^[13] ibn Aber ^[14] ibn Shaleh ^[15][16][17] ibn Arpheckshad ^[18] ibn Sam ^[19] ibn Noah ibn Lamek ^[20] ibn Motoshaleh ibn Edres (Enoch) ibn Yared ibn Mehlaiel ibn Qenan ibn Anosh ibn Sheeth ibn Adam

Contents 1 Mudar Branches 1.1 Elias bin Mudar branch 1.1.1 Tamim bin Murra 1.1.2 Hudhail bin Mudrika 1.1.3 Khuzaimah 1.1.3.1 Asad Bin Khuzaimah 1.1.3.2 Kinana Bin Khuzaimah 1.2 Qais Ailan bin Mudar branch 1.2.1 Banu Ghatafan 1.2.2 Banu Huwazin and Banu Sulaim 2 Sources 3 References

[edit] Mudar Branches

Around the 1st century BC Mudhar sons Elias and Qais Ailan branched into two major branches.

[edit] Elias bin Mudar branch

The Elias branch split into 3 major branches.

[edit] Tamim bin Murra

The Banu Tamim spread in the land between Southern Mespotomia (Al-Basra) to the Center of the Arabian Peninsula, Jordan, Khuzestan in Iran, Tunisia and the first Muslim Dynasty in Sicily.

[edit] Hudhail bin Mudrika

The Bani Hudhail lived between Mecca and Medina. Banu Lihyan branched out of the Banu Hudhail ^[21].

[edit] Khuzaimah

Branched to Asad bin Khuzaimah and Kinana bin Khuzaimah

[edit] Asad Bin Khuzaimah

Banu Asad lived in Hijaz, Nejd and Iraq. They established the town of Hilla in Iraq

[edit] Kinana Bin Khuzaimah

Branched into Quraish bin Fahr bin Malik bin An-Nadr bin Kinana.

Quraish branched out into various tribes, the most famous of whom were Jumah, Sahm, ‘Adi, Makhzum, Tayim, Zahra and the three septs of Qusai bin Kilab: ‘Abdud-Dar bin Qusai, Asad bin ‘Abdul ‘Uzza bin Qusai and ‘Abd Manaf bin Qusai.

[edit] Qais Ailan bin Mudar branch

The Qias branched into three major branches:

[edit] Banu Ghatafan

The Banu Ghatafan were the biggest of the three tribes and lived along with the other Qaisi tribes east of Mecca near Taif. Sometimes historians referred to all the Qais tribes as Ghatafan in the pre-Islamic times.

Banu Ghatafan branched into Abs, Mutaiyr, Zubyan, Ashja‘a and Ghani bin Asur. Qais settled Syria after the introduction of Islam.

[edit] Banu Huwazin and Banu Sulaim

The Banu Huwazin and Banu Sulaim lived near Banu Ghatafan and converted to Islam after their defeat in the Battle of Hunayn. Settled Syria after Islam.

[edit] Sources

1. ^ Book of Genesis 25:12-16
2. ^ ^{a b} Ishmael, Encyclopedia of the Qur'an
3. ^ Azraqi, Akhbar Makkah, vol. 1, pp. 58-66
4. ^ Abraham, Sarah and Hagar - James D. Brown
5. ^ Genesis 16:1-6
6. ^ Qur'an 2:127 to 136
7. ^ Qur'an 6:74
8. ^ Islamic view of Abraham
9. ^ Qur'an 37:99–111
10. ^ Luke 3:35
11. ^ Book of Genesis11:20-23
12. ^ Genesis 11:20
13. ^ Genesis 10:25
14. ^ Adamic language
15. ^ Genesis 10:24
16. ^ Genesis 11:12-13
17. ^ Luke 3:36
18. ^ Book of Genesis 10:22, 24; 11:10-13; 1 Chron. 1:17-18
19. ^ Book of Jasher Chapter 7:15
20. ^ Luke 3:37
21. ^ Banu Hothail

[edit] References

• Almaqhafi, Awwad: Qabayl Wa Biton Al-Arab
• Almsaodi, Abdulaziz; Tarikh Qabayl Al-Arab
• History Ibn Khaldoun
• History Ibn al-Athir
• History Ibn Hisham
• History Al-Hamdani