Adnan

Adnan (Arabic: عدنان‎) is the traditional ancestor of the Adnanite Arabs of northern, central and western Arabia, as opposed to the Qahtani of southern and south eastern Arabia who descend from Qahtan.

Origin

Adnan is the father of the Adnanite Arabs who are the northern Adahoe tribes that occupied Hijaz, Yamama regions as well as most parts of northern Arabia.

Descent from Adnan to Muhammad

According to Islamic tradition, the Islamic prophet Muhammad was descended from Adnan. Tradition records the genealogy from Adnan to Muhammad comprises 21 generations. "The following is the list of chiefs who are said to have ruled the Hejaz and to have been the patrilineal ancestors of Muhammad."^[1]

• 122 BC – Adnan (عدنان)
•   89 BC – Ma'add (معد)
•   56 BC – Nizar (نزار)
•   23 BC – Mudar (مضر)
•   10 AD – Elias (إلياس)
•   43 AD – Mudrikah (مدركة)
•   76 AD – Khuzaimah (خزيمة)
• 109 AD – Kinanah (كنانة)
• 142 AD – al-Nadr (النضر)
• 175 AD – Malik (مالك)
• 208 AD – Fihr (فهر)
• 241 AD – Ghalib (غالب)
• 274 AD – Luwaiy (لؤي)
• 307 AD – Ka'ab (كعب)
• 340 AD – Murrah (مرة)
• 373 AD – Kilab (كلاب)
• 406 AD – Qusai (قصي)
• 439 AD – Abd Manaf (عبد مناف)
• 472 AD – Hashim (هاشم)
• 505 AD – Abd al-Muttalib (عبد المطلب)
• 538 AD – Abd Allah (عبد الله)
• 570 AD – Muhammad (محمد)

See also

• Ahl al-Bayt
• Family tree of Muhammad
• Family tree of Shaiba ibn Hashim
• Ancestry of Qusai ibn Kilab
• Banu Hashim
• Banu Quraysh
• Banu Kinanah
• Banu Mudhar

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