Category
page 1Ancient Arabs

Adnan
Adnan () is traditionally regarded as the patriarch of the Adnanite Arabs, a major Arab lineage that historically inhabited Northern, Western, Eastern, and Central Arabia. The Adnanites are distinct from the Qahtanite Arabs of Southern Arabia, who trace their lineage to Qahtan.
Abd Manaf ibn Qusai
great-great-grandfather of Muhammad

Amasa
thumb|right|180px|Woodcut by Johann Christoph Weigel depicting the death of Amasa, 1695.
Amasa (עמשא) or Amessai
is a person mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. His mother was Abigail (), a sister of King David (). Hence, Amasa was a nephew of David, and cousin of Joab, David's military commander, as well as a cousin of Absalom, David's son. David calls him "my bone and my flesh" (). Amasa's father was Jether (, ) who was also called Ithra (). Jether had dual-nationality, being an Ishmaelite and Israelite, although it might be a case of an assimilated Ishmaelite living in Israel.

Ma'ad ibn Adnan
thumb|right|Family tree from Adnan to [[Muhammad]]
Abd Shams ibn Abd Manaf
prominent Quraysh tribesman of Mecca
Nizar ibn Maadd ibn Adnan
common ancestor of northern Arab tribes (the Adnanites)
Lemuel
Biblical king mentioned in Proverbs 31
Family tree of Abu Bakr
Geshem the Arabian
biblical character (Book of Nehemiah)

Zuhrah ibn Kilab
ancestor of Muhammad
Mudar ibn Nizar
eponymous ancestor of Mudar